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),^[1] Trainspotting (1996), The Beach (2000) and 28 Days Later (2002).^[2] He has also frequently collaborated with screenwriter John Hodge and writer-director Alex Garland.

Andrew Macdonald
Born	January 1966 (age 59) Scotland
Alma mater	Glenalmond College
Occupation	Film producer
Children	5
Relatives	Kevin Macdonald (brother) Emeric Pressburger (grandfather)

Life and 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), two of which Danny Boyle directed and Alex Garland wrote. He also produced Garland's directorial debut Ex Machina.

He 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.

Filmography

Film

Producer

• 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)
• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Executive producer

• Twin Town (1997)
• Beautiful Creatures (2000) (Uncredited)
• Strictly Sinatra (2001)
• Heartlands (2002)
• The Final Curtain (2002)
• The Last King of Scotland (2006)
• The History Boys (2006)
• The Sweeney (2012)

Special thanks

• Separate Lies (2005)
• Agora (2009)

As an actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Trainspotting	Flat Buyer	Uncredited

Television

Producer

• The Making of an Englishman (1995) (Documentary)
• Hitler's Warriors (1998) (Documentary)

Executive Producer

• Devs (2020)
• Black Narcissus (2020)
• Shōgun (2024)