Cinetic Media has signed Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald for management.
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Macdonald won the Academy Award for Best Documentary for “One Day in September,” a look at the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics In Munich. MacDonald’s narrative feature, “The Last King of Scotland,” earned the best actor Oscar for Forest Whitaker for his chilling performance as Idi Amin.
MacDonald will be attending the Venice Film Festival, where he will premiere a “One to One: John & Yoko,” a documentary about the music legends’ relationship from Mercury Studios. His recent documentary “Klitschko: More Than a Fight,” a look at Vitali Klitschko, a boxing champ turned the mayor of Kyiv, opened the 2024 Sheffield DocFest. Previous work in the non-fiction space include “Marley,” a portrait of reggae great Bob Marley; “Whitney,” an examination of pop sensation Whitney Houston; and “High & Low — John Galliano,” which charts the controversial fashion designer’s fall.
His most recent narrative feature was “The Mauritanian,” a political thriller that starred Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim. His producing work includes films such as Asif Kapadia’s “Senna,” Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi’s “The Rescue” and Ben Nicholas and David Tryhorn’s “Pele.” MacDonald operates a joint venture with Plan B to co-develop and co-produce non-fiction films and series.
“Kevin’s ability to move fluidly, and at the highest level, between documentary and scripted storytelling and between directing and producing, make him a perfect fit for our multidisciplinary management initiative,” said John Sloss, Cinetic principal. “Put simply, we are thrilled to be in business with him.”
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Cinetic Media’s management practice represents directors, writers and producers, including Richard Linklater, David Gordon Green, Todd Haynes, Chris Smith, Aaron Schimberg and Vanessa McDonnell, Babak Jalali, Christine Vachon’s Killer Films, World of Wonder, Lana Wilson, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Yance Ford, Matthew Heineman and Pete Nicks.
The management and media company’s other services include content sales, financing, marketing and publicity, as well as corporate advisory, the latter of which is responsible for representing and advising media companies, brands, financiers and publishers who are developing and executing entertainment strategies.
MacDonald will continue to be represented by WME and United Agents.
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