William J. MacDonald (filmmaker)

William MacDonald is an American film and television producer and writer.

Career

MacDonald has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University in New York.[1]

MacDonald worked in international trade and business affairs. Eventually he rose to run Hollywood producer Robert Evans' production company at Paramount Pictures.

MacDonald has a producer, co-producer or executive producer credit on Sliver, Jade, An Occasional Hell, Rough Riders, Molly and One Man's Hero. He co-wrote one episode for the TNT series, Witchblade, which ran from 2001–2002.

He was also a co-creator of the HBO original series Rome (in association of the BBC) along with John Milius and Bruno Heller. MacDonald served as an executive producer and writer on the series. The episode Caesarion (2005) was written by MacDonald.

MacDonald also wrote an unproduced screenplay based on Iris Chang's bestselling novel The Rape of Nanking.[2]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit
1993SliverCo-producer
1995JadeExecutive producer
1996An Occasional HellExecutive producer
1997The Saint
1999Molly
One Man's Hero
2017Grow HouseExecutive producer
As an actor
Year Film Role
1996An Occasional HellArresting Officer #1

Television
Year Title Credit Notes
1997Rough RidersExecutive producerTelevision film
2005−07RomeExecutive producer
2017The SaintExecutive producerTelevision film
As writer
Year Title
2002Witchblade
2005−07Rome

References
  1. "William J. Macdonald, Advisor". Zeros & Ones. January 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
  2. Coonan, Clifford (October 15, 2006). "Pic projects revisit Nanking massacre: Produce Green's $50 mil pic based on Chang's tome". Variety. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
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