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'''Peter MacDonald''' is an [[British people|English]] [[film director]], [[cinematographer]], and producer from [[London]], [[England]]. A prolific [[Second unit|second unit director]], MacDonald has worked on various Hollywood blockbusters including ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]], [[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]], [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', and ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]].''
==Career==
MacDonald currently works most frequently as a second unit director.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003423/filmoyear] Filmography by year for
Peter MacDonald at IMDb</ref> He has said about this role, "The most important thing about any second unit is that you can't tell the difference between the second unit and the first unit. It must have the stamp of the first unit, both in photography and the style of direction. That's why, when I do second unit, I always photograph ''and'' direct, so you try and copy what the first unit does as much as possible. You mustn't be on an ego trip and try and do your own style, because your material has to cut into theirs and it mustn't jar, it must fit in exactly so no-one can tell the difference."<ref name=starlog>''A Dark Night in Gotham City'', ''Starlog'' issue 142, May 1989, pp. 37-40.</ref> MacDonald has directed second unit on such films as ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' (1989), and ''[[Cry Freedom]]''.
Starting his career in the camera department, MacDonald subsequently spent 10 years as [[camera operator]] for renowned cinematographer [[Geoffrey Unsworth]], working on films including ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'', ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'', ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'' and ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]''. After Unsworth's death in 1978, MacDonald increasingly worked as a second unit director, and as a cinematographer himself.
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