William MacDonald is an American film and television producer and writer.
MacDonald has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham University School of Law in New York.[1][2]
MacDonald worked in international trade and business affairs. Eventually he rose to run Hollywood producer Robert Evans' production company at Paramount Pictures.
MacDonald has a producer, co-producer or executive producer credit on Sliver, Jade, An Occasional Hell, Rough Riders, Molly and One Man's Hero. He co-wrote one episode for the TNT series, Witchblade, which ran from 2001–2002.
He was also a co-creator of the HBO original series Rome (in association of the BBC) along with John Milius and Bruno Heller.[3][4] MacDonald served as an executive producer and writer on the series. The episode "Caesarion" (2005) was written by MacDonald.
MacDonald also wrote a drama series about the history of New Orleans called Storyville that had begun filming a pilot by January 2016.[5]
MacDonald also wrote an unproduced screenplay based on Iris Chang's bestselling novel The Rape of Nanking.[6]
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.