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Andrew Macdonald
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Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article, Andrew Macdonald (producer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Trainspotting
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Sunshine
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The History Boys
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T2 Trainspotting
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The Last King of Scotland
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28 Years Later
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28 Days Later
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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The High Was Never the Point
When Trainspotting arrived in 1996, it was quickly labelled as the ultimate "drugs movie". Decades on, its true subject matter is far clearer. It is not fundame...
8 films
The University of British Cinema
From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...
8 films
Solar Cinema: From Dawn to Destruction
A curated journey through cinema's most radiant and ruthless suns, from the cosmic dawn of 2001 to the scorching end of Sunshine.
5 films
The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen
From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.
10 films
Rewinding the Reel: How VHS Championed British Independents
From Thatcher's Britain to the video shop era, discover how VHS gave gritty, daring British films a second life and a devoted audience.
9 films
Growing Pains: Sequels That Leap Through Time
From a Parisian afternoon to a boxing ring, these sequels skip years ahead and find their characters changed, challenged, and achingly familiar. A journey throu...
6 films
The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority
From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.
8 films
20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own
There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...
20 films
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
28 Years Later
2025
Civil War
2024
Men
2022
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
2021
Black Narcissus
2020
Devs
2020
Annihilation
2018
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Ex Machina
2015
Dredd
2012
28 Weeks Later
2007
Sunshine
2007
The History Boys
2006
The Last King of Scotland
2006
28 Days Later
2002
The Beach
2000
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
Trainspotting
1996
Shallow Grave
1994