William J. MacDonald

William J. Macdonald is an American film and television producer and writer.

Career Macdonald has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham University School of Law in New York.

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. 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.

Macdonald wrote an unproduced screenplay based on Iris Chang's novel The Rape of Nanking.

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit 1993 Sliver Co-producer 1995 Jade Executive producer 1996 An Occasional Hell Executive producer 1997 The Saint 1999 Molly One Man's Hero 2017 Grow House Executive producer

As an actor

Year Film Role 1996 An Occasional Hell Arresting Officer #1

Television Year Title Credit Notes 1997 Rough Riders Executive producer Television film 2005−07 Rome Executive producer 2017 The Saint Executive producer Television film

As writer

Year Title 2002 Witchblade 2005−07 Rome