Richard Macdonald

Richard Macdonald (1919 – 1993) was a British art director. He frequently collaborated with Joseph Losey.^[1] He subsequently relocated to Hollywood where he worked on numerous productions.

Biography[]

Macdonald was born in Yeovil and studied at the West of England College of Art in Bristol from 1937, continuing his education at the Royal College of Art in 1939.^[2] He subsequently held teaching posts at Leeds College of Art and at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1951 to 1955.^[2] Macdonald exhibited his artworks, both in solo shows and in group exhibitions with the London Group, the New English Art Club and at the Royal Academy. From the mid-1950s he was involved in film production and divided his time between London and Los Angeles.^[2] The Royal West of England Academy in Bristol holds examples of his paintings.^[2]

Selected filmography[]

• Time Without Pity (1957)
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
• The Criminal (1960)
• Eva (1962)
• The Damned (1963)
• The Servant (1963)
• Modesty Blaise (1966)
• Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
• Secret Ceremony (1968)
• Boom! (1968)
• Bloomfield (1971)
• The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
• Galileo (1975)
• The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
• The Day of the Locust (1975)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Exorcist II (1977)
• F.I.S.T (1978)
• ...And Justice for All. (1979)
• The Rose (1979)
• Altered States (1980)
• Cannery Row (1982)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
• Supergirl (1984)
• Electric Dreams (1984)
• Teachers (1984)
• Plenty (1985)
• SpaceCamp (1986)
• Coming to America (1988)
• The Russia House (1990)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Jennifer Eight (1992)
• The Firm (1993)

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Colin Gardner. Joseph Losey. Manchester University Press, 2004.

External links[]

• Richard Macdonald at IMDb

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