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Peter MacDonald is a film director, second unit director, cinematographer and producer from London, England. ==Career== MacDonald currently works most frequently as a second unit director.〔() Filmography by year for Peter MacDonald at IMDb〕 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."〔''A Dark Night in Gotham City'', ''Starlog'' issue 142, May 1989, pp. 37-40.〕 MacDonald has directed second unit on such films as ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', ''The Bourne Ultimatum'', ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', ''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'', ''The Return of the Pink Panther'', ''Murder on the Orient Express'' and ''Cabaret''. After Unsworth's death in 1978, MacDonald increasingly worked as a second unit director, and as a cinematographer himself. MacDonald's debut as director, ''Rambo III'', came about at extremely short notice. "I started it without ''any'' preparation," he explained in an interview, "because Russell Mulcahy (IIIs original director ) left after two weeks, so I came into it totally ill-prepared - I was directing the ''second unit'' on the film. Literally the day before I left America to start ''Rambo III'' I'd finished photographing a film, ''Shag'', in America; came to Israel, thinking I was going to do a second unit which I could slowly get into, and within a week or two I was directing one of the most expensive films ever made."〔 MacDonald has since directed other productions including ''The NeverEnding Story III'', and the television mini-series ''The Monkey King'' (also known as ''The Lost Empire''). In 1990 he was signed to direct two movies from two huge franchises that ultimately would never get filmed: SUPERMAN THE NEW MOVIE for Father & Son Producers Alexander Salkind & Ilya Salkind. He actually cast Thomas Ian Griffith as Superman with the blessing of Christopher Reeve & ''Superman The Movie'' Director Richard Donner. The film was beset by financial problems and was never made because of budgetary concerns. He was at this time negotiating with Albert R. Broccoli to direct what would have been Timothy Dalton's third outing as James Bond: The Property Of A Lady. Similarly to the Superman movie, this was never made due to the financial strains in Hollywood. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter MacDonald (director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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