Peter MacDonald (film director)

Peter MacDonald is a film director, cinematographer, and producer from London, England.

He is most noted as the director of the films Rambo III, The NeverEnding Story III, and the television mini-series The Monkey King (also known as The Lost Empire).

He served as a co-producer of the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and was the Director of Photography for Hamburger Hill.

Selected filmography

• Zardoz (1974) (camera operator)
• Superman: The Movie (1978) (camera operator)
• Zulu Dawn (1979) (second unit director)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (director: location second unit)
• Dragonslayer (1981) (second unit director)
• Excalibur (1981) (second unit director)
• Legend (1985) (camera operator)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) (director: helicopter unit)
• Solarbabies (1986) (cinematographer)
• Hamburger Hill (1987) (cinematographer)
• Rambo III (1988) (director)
• Shag (1989) (cinematographer)
• Tango & Cash (1989) (executive producer and second unit director)
• Graffiti Bridge (1990) (executive producer)
• Mo' Money (1992) (director)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode: The Phantom Train of Doom (1993) (director)
• The NeverEnding Story III (1994) (director)
• The Quest (1996) (executive producer and second unit director)
• Legionnaire (1998) (director and producer)
• The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000) (director)
• The Lost Empire (2001) (director)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (second unit director)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (second unit director)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (co-producer and second unit director)
• Eragon (2006) (second unit director)
• The Golden Compass (2007) (second unit director)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (second unit director)

External links

• Peter MacDonald at the Internet Movie Database