Andrew Macdonald (producer)

Andrew Macdonald (born January 1966) is a Scottish film producer, best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on films including Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), The Beach (2000) and 28 Days Later (2002). He has also frequently collaborated with screenwriter John Hodge and writer-director Alex Garland.

Early life

Macdonald is the brother of Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald. His maternal grandparents were English actress Wendy Orme and Hungarian-born British Jewish Oscar-winning filmmaker Emeric Pressburger.

Career

Together with Duncan Kenworthy, he is the founder of DNA Films, the production company responsible for The Parole Officer (2001), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), 28 Weeks Later (2007), 28 Years Later (2025), three of which Danny Boyle directed and four of which Alex Garland wrote. He also produced Garland's directorial debut Ex Machina.

Filmography

Film

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• Shallow Grave (1994)
• Trainspotting (1996)
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
• The Beach (2000)
• The Parole Officer (2001)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• Sunshine (2007)
• 28 Weeks Later (2007)
• Never Let Me Go (2010)
• Dredd (2012)
• Sunshine on Leith (2013)
• Ex Machina (2015)
• Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
• T2 Trainspotting (2017)
• Annihilation (2018)
• Men (2022)
• Civil War (2024)
• Warfare (2025)
• 28 Years Later (2025)
• ' (2026)

Executive producer

Special thanks

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Executive Producer