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Bruce McDonald

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Actor | * 05/28/1959 (64) | Kingston, Ontario (Canada)
Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave. McDonald has directed more than a dozen features films over the course of his three-decade-long filmmaking career. The Hollywood Reporter has called him an "iconoclastic filmmaker". Several of his films, ranging from mockumentaries to horror films, have attracted cult followings. His most notable films include Roadkill (1989), Highway 61 (1991), Hard Core Logo (1996), Pontypool (2008), Trigger (2010), and Hellions (2015). Hard Core Logo has been frequently ranked amongst the greatest movies ever to come out of Canada. ()
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Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer and producer. He is known for his award-winning cult films Roadkill (1989) and Hard Core Logo (1996).He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Science-Fiction & Fantasy

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Movies with Bruce McDonald as Actor(5)

as Old Bugger (uncredited)2015 The Hexecutioners
as himself2010 Hard Core Logo 2
as Wild Guy #31998 Last Night
as Bruce Shack, the Director1989 Roadkill

Movies with Bruce McDonald as Crew(34)

Directing/Director2023 Pontypool Changes
Directing/Director2019 Dreamland
Directing/Director2016 Weirdos
Directing/Director2015 Hellions
Directing/Director2014 The Husband
Directing/Director2010 Music from the Big House
Directing/Director2010 Trigger
Directing/Director2010 Hard Core Logo 2
Directing/Director2010 My Babysitter's a Vampire
Directing/Director2010 This Movie Is Broken
Writing/Idea2010 This Movie Is Broken
Directing/Director2009 Pontypool
Directing/Director2007 The Tracey Fragments
Directing/Director2004 The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess
Directing/Director2001 Picture Claire
Directing/Director1998 Elimination Dance
Writing/Writer1998 Elimination Dance
Directing/Director1997 Platinum
Directing/Director1996 Hard Core Logo
Directing/Director1995 Dance Me Outside
Production/Producer1995 Dance Me Outside
Writing/Writer1995 Dance Me Outside
Production/Producer1992 Blue
Directing/Director1991 Highway 61
Production/Producer1991 Highway 61
Writing/Story1991 Highway 61
Editing/Editor1989 Speaking Parts
Directing/Director1989 Roadkill
Production/Producer1989 Roadkill
Writing/Story1989 Roadkill
Editing/Editor1987 Family Viewing
Editing/Editorial Production Assistant1984 Next of Kin

TV Shows/Series with Bruce McDonald as Crew(28)

Directing/Director2017 Ransom
Directing/Director2017 Creeped Out
Directing/Director2015 Dark Matter
Directing/Director2013 Reign
Directing/Director2012 Transporter: The Series
Directing/Director2011 My Babysitter's a Vampire
Directing/Director2011 XIII: The Series
Directing/Director2010 Lost Girl
Directing/Director2008 Less Than Kind
Directing/Director2007 Killer Wave
Directing/Director2007 Heartland
Directing/Director2004 Kevin Hill
Directing/Director2004 The Collector
Directing/Director2004 Alla corte di Alice
Directing/Director2003 Playmakers
Directing/Director2003 Radio Free Roscoe
Directing/Director2001 Degrassi
Directing/Director2000 Queer As Folk
Directing/Director2000 Code Name: Eternity
Directing/Director1998 Twitch City
Production/Executive Producer1998 Twitch City
Directing/Director1998 Emily of New Moon
Directing/Director1998 Welcome to Paradox
Directing/Director1997 Lexx
Directing/Director1993 Ready or Not
Directing/Director1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater
Directing/Director1984 The Bill

Full Name: Bruce MacDonald
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Thursday, 05/28 1959 (May) in Kingston, Ontario (Canada) (current age: 64 years + 333 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Toronto Metropolitan University, North Albion Collegiate Institute
Other names for Bruce McDonald (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bruce McDonald (director)"
Bruce McDonald frequently works together with these people:
Don McKellar (23x, Actor)
Atom Egoyan (12x, Crew)
Mirosław Baszak (8x, Crew)
Steve Munro (7x, Crew)
Tracy Wright (7x, Actress)
Tony Burgess (6x, Crew)
Lea Carlson (5x, Crew)
John Fawcett (5x, Crew)
Colin Brunton (5x, Crew)
Daniel Pellerin (5x, Crew)
Heather Conkie (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:306090, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024