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Laurie MacDonald is a Actor and Producer American born on 19 december 1953

Laurie MacDonald

Laurie MacDonald
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 december 1953 (70 years)

Laurie MacDonald, née le 19 décembre 1953 à Watsonville, est une productrice de cinéma américaine.

Biography

Laurie MacDonald a été mannequin pendant un an à Paris dans les années 1970. Elle a ensuite travaillé pour une chaîne de télévision locale de San Francisco en tant que productrice d'un talk show. Au début des années 1980, elle est devenue cadre chez Columbia Pictures et s'est mariée avec Walter F. Parkes en 1983. Le couple s'est lié d'amitié avec Steven Spielberg et, en 1994, ils sont devenus co-dirigeants de la division cinéma de DreamWorks SKG.

Best films

Men in Black 3 (2012)
(Producer)
Men in Black (1997)
(Producer)
Twister (1996)
(Executive Producer)
Gladiator (2000)
(Executive Producer)
Men in Black II (2002)
(Producer)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
(Executive Producer)

Usually with

Rick Baker
Rick Baker
(4 films)
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Laurie MacDonald (33 films)

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Actor

Spielberg
Spielberg (2017)
, 2h20
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Hanks, J. J. Abrams
Roles Self
Rating76% 3.8466453.8466453.8466453.8466453.846645
Ce documentaire, qui comprend des entretiens avec Steven Spielberg, nous raconte la carrière longue de 50 ans du réalisateur et nous donne un aperçu de la part de ses proches notamment J.J. Abrams, Christian Bale, Drew Barrymore, Cate Blanchett, Francis Ford Coppola, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Brian de Palma, Laura Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Dreyfuss, Ralph Fiennes, Harrison Ford, David Geffen, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Holly Hunter, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ben Kingsley, Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey et Robert Zemeckis

Producer

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Directed by Aaron Sorkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Actors Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeremy Strong, Alex Sharp, Michael Keaton
Roles Executive Producer
Rating76% 3.849923.849923.849923.849923.84992
Voici l'histoire vraie du procès des manifestants lors du Congrès de l'assemblée Nationale de Chicago en 1968, une date clé dans l'histoire des Etats-Unis. Ce rassemblement avait pour objectif de désigner le candidat démocrate aux élections présidentielles de 1968. Beaucoup des manifestants seront prêts à tous les moyens pour obtenir satisfaction, quitte à mettre leurs vies en danger.
Men in Black: International, 1h55
Directed by F. Gary Gray
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca Ferguson, Rafe Spall
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.804942.804942.804942.804942.80494
En 1996, à Brooklyn. Une fillette prénommée Molly rencontre un jeune extra-terrestre dans sa chambre et voit ses parents se faire « neurolyser » par des Men In Black devant sa maison. 20 ans plus tard, à Paris, les agents H et Grand T, des MIB de Londres, contrent l'attaque d'une race extra-terrestre nommée « La Ruche », au sommet de la Tour Eiffel. En 2019, après des années de recherche et de surveillance, Molly finit par localiser le quartier général des MIB. Repérée dès son entrée, elle se retrouve en isolement. Alors qu'on s'apprête à lui effacer la mémoire, elle réussit à convaincre l'agent O de lui donner sa chance. En tant que l'agent stagiaire M, Molly est envoyée dans l'agence londonienne où elle doit collaborer avec l'agent H.
Free Solo
Free Solo (2018)
, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Adventure
Roles Executive Producer
Rating80% 4.048234.048234.048234.048234.04823
Le film suit l'ascension par le grimpeur Alex Honnold en solo intégral de la formation rocheuse El Capitan dans la vallée de Yosemite, une paroi verticale de plus de 900 m, et décrit le contexte de la préparation de cette ascension.
Tulip Fever, 1h47
Directed by Justin Chadwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Christoph Waltz, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger, Dane DeHaan, Alicia Vikander, Judi Dench
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62% 3.104153.104153.104153.104153.10415
A 17th century romance in which an artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Rings
Rings (2017)
, 1h42
Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Ghost films
Actors Johnny Galecki, Alex Roe, Matilda Lutz, Aimee Teegarden, David Dorfman, Vincent D'Onofrio
Roles Producer
Rating45% 2.263662.263662.263662.263662.26366
Une jeune femme s’inquiète pour son petit ami lorsqu’ il commence à s’intéresser aux mystères entourant une vidéo censée tuer celui qui la regarde 7 jours après l’avoir visionnée. Elle se sacrifie pour sauver son petit ami et fait alors une terrifiante découverte : il y a « un film dans le film » que personne n’avait encore vu…
The Circle
The Circle (2017)
, 1h50
Directed by James Ponsoldt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction
Themes Films about computing, Films set in the future, Sécurité informatique, Dystopian films
Actors Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Patton Oswalt, Bill Paxton
Roles Executive Producer
Rating54% 2.7021152.7021152.7021152.7021152.702115
Dans un futur proche, aux Etats-Unis, la jeune Mae Holland mène une vie banale ; elle est secrétaire dans une petite entreprise, vit encore chez ses parents Bonnie et Vinnie, n'a pas de petit ami et repousse les avances de son ami Mercer. L'unique activité solitaire qu'elle s'offre pour décompresser et se ressourcer est le kayak. Un jour, son amie Annie Allerton aide Mae à être embauchée dans son entreprise, Le Cercle, le plus important groupe de services technologiques du monde. Cette formidable opportunité lui permet, entre autres, de faire enfin bénéficier son père, atteint de sclérose en plaques, de soins adaptés. Alors que son implication au sein de l'entreprise ne cesse d'augmenter, ses patrons Eamon Bailey et Tom Stenton l'encouragent à participer à une expérience révolutionnaire dont le but est d'être filmée en permanence par une mini-caméra connectée SeeChange. Désormais, les choix de Mae impactent la vie de ses proches, de ses amis et de toute l'humanité, en bousculant les limites de la vie privée, de l'éthique et des libertés individuelles.
Keeping Up with the Joneses, 1h46
Directed by Greg Mottola
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, Maribeth Monroe, Matt Walsh
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9528052.9528052.9528052.9528052.952805
A suburban couple becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover that their seemingly perfect new neighbors are government spies.
He Named Me Malala, 1h28
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about child abuse, Children's films, Films about child abuse
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4939453.4939453.4939453.4939453.493945
Trois ans après l'attaque qui l'a laissée en partie sourde et paralysée d'une partie du visage, Malala Yousafzai raconte sa nouvelle vie en Angleterre, à Birmingham où sa famille est réfugiée depuis son attaque. On la suit dans la vie de tous les jours, dont celui où, pour son seizième anniversaire, elle prononce un discours devant l'Organisation des Nations unies. Davis Giggenheim a suivi son quotidien pendant dix-huit mois.
Flight
Flight (2012)
, 2h19
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.646473.646473.646473.646473.64647
Airline pilot captain Whip Whitaker (Washington) uses cocaine to wake up after a night of very little sleep in his Orlando hotel room. He pilots SouthJet Flight 227 to Atlanta which experiences severe turbulence at takeoff. Copilot Ken Evans (Geraghty) takes over while Whip discreetly mixes vodka in his orange juice and takes a nap. He is jolted awake as the plane goes into a steep dive. Unable to regain control, Whip is forced to make a controlled crash landing in an open field and loses consciousness on impact.
Men in Black 3, 1h45
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Comic science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Films about the Apollo program, Comedy science fiction films, Superhero films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bill Hader
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.396473.396473.396473.396473.39647
In 2012, an alien criminal, Boris the Animal, a Boglodite, escapes from a maximum-security prison on the moon and arrives on Earth, bent on taking revenge on Agent K, who shot off his left arm and captured him in 1969. He confronts K, who is with his partner Agent J, telling him he is "already dead". J then discovers that K was responsible not only for capturing Boris, but for deploying the "ArcNet", a shield that prevented the Boglodites from conquering Earth and caused their extinction.
Dinner for Schmucks, 1h54
Directed by Jay Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Stephanie Szostak, Jemaine Clement, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.948562.948562.948562.948562.94856
Tim Conrad (Paul Rudd) is a mid-level financial executive, who comes up with a way (via special novelty lamps) to invite wealthy Swiss businessman Martin Mueller (David Walliams) to become a client of his firm. Impressed by Tim's ingenuity, his boss Lance Fender (Bruce Greenwood) invites him to a "dinner for winners" in which he must find and bring an eccentric person with a special talent; the winner earns a trophy and the executive that brought him or her gets glory. He soon learns it is more of a "dinner for idiots", and the partygoers will be mocked mercilessly. Meanwhile, Tim's girlfriend Julie (Stephanie Szostak) lands a curator deal for eccentric artist Kieran Vollard (Jemaine Clement), and Tim unsuccessfully proposes to her, as he has done several times before. After learning of the cruel nature of the dinner party, Julie becomes upset and asks him not to attend and he agrees.
The Uninvited, 1h27
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Jesse Moss, Kevin McNulty
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1513253.1513253.1513253.1513253.151325
Anna (Emily Browning) has been in a psychiatric institution for ten months, following her suicide attempt after her terminally ill mother died in a boathouse fire. Upon her discharge, she has no memory of the event but frequently suffers related nightmares. While packing, Anna is startled by a disturbing, talkative patient from the room across the hall. Shortly after, she leaves with her father, Steven (David Strathairn), a writer who has dedicated his latest book to Anna and her sister.
The Burning Plain, 1h48
Directed by Guillermo Arriaga
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquim de Almeida, José María Yazpik, John Corbett
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.348773.348773.348773.348773.34877
Typical of Arriaga's works, this film is told in a non-linear narrative, where events are revealed out of sequence. The following plot summary is in chronological order, and thus does not reflect the exact sequence of the events as seen on screen.
The Lookout, 1h38
Directed by Scott Frank
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Heist films
Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Bruce McGill, Carla Gugino
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.4488653.4488653.4488653.4488653.448865
While driving his car with the lights off, high school sports star Chris Pratt crashes into a combine stalled on the road. Two occupants of the car are killed while Chris and his girlfriend Kelly survive. However, the crash leaves Chris with lasting mental impairments, including anterograde amnesia, along with some anger management issues.