Margaret M. MacDonald

Director, Production Designer and Screenwriter

Sydney, Australia

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About Margaret

Having lived and worked in Los Angeles, New York and Sydney, my twenty years of experience spans several roles in filmmaking and the arts. A background in production design has helped me to hone a uniquely visual voice, which conveys a tangible sense of place, inviting readers into the story world.

My body of written work includes over a dozen features, several series and shorts, and a novel trilogy. I have written on spec, on assignment, and adapted my own material to suit production and publication. I have also directed several short films and am working toward directing my first feature. I've been lucky enough to earn a few laurels along the way, and hope to earn more in the future.

I love telling stories that are character driven, and enjoy the challenge of infusing them with a mix of genres and a twist of the fantastic. I am passionate about creating films which transport people into other worlds, and help to make this one a little more extraordinary.

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Female

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REST STOP Budget: $100K - $1M | Fantasy ⋄ Drama Capturing the feeling of wonder, mystery and amusement you can only experience at a unique roadside landmark, REST STOP is an exploration of the altered perspectives one finds when they take the time to journey down the scenic route.
Dream States Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Sci-fi When a PhD Student researching dreams joins her Professor’s enigmatic sleep study, the participants begin to dream of events in their own futures while she unlocks an ability to control the future through her dreams.
The Search Budget: $10M - $30M | Fantasy ⋄ Adventure A beloved author and daughter of an infamous treasure hunter, who has a secret ability to see into the past, is recruited by an eccentric legend hunter to help her find the infamous object known to the world as “Pandora’s Box”.
The Hive Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror ⋄ Comedy When an isolated campground gets attacked by a swarm of microscopic aliens, which enter the brain and leave their victims catatonic, a group of disparate campers must work together in order to survive the hive.
Necrophyte Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Crime Mayor James Riley, like most of the wealthy 1% in his city, thinks the local zombie epidemic is an urban myth, but when a spirited young activist orchestrates an attack that gets Riley bitten, he’s left with just six days to save himself from the debilitating zombie disease, and to save his crumbling city from the diseased hoards, all while fighting his ever growing hunger for flesh.
The Well Budget: $1M - $5M | Other ⋄ Drama On the cusp of the new millennium, four childhood friends share one last great adventure together before the responsibilities of adult life pull them in separate directions, but after they perform a wish granting ceremony at a mysterious ancient well they soon discover the true price of their desires as each wish comes true.
Disassembly Required Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Comedy An ex black-ops bounty hunter takes one final assignment in exchange for a retirement worthy payout, to capture and return an experimental super-soldier who has holed up and taken hostages inside North America’s Largest IKEA.
#1 at the Apocalypse Box Office Budget: $10M - $30M | Other ⋄ Family Jules is, self declared, the most useless person in the post apocalyptic world, until he finds an old film camera and determines to make the greatest movie in the new world ... the only movie in the new world. But when a beautiful young actress inadvertently leads a formidable stranger to his hidden hometown, Jules proves he can do far more than just direct.

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Enter Sanctum (2017 - 2023)
Film by Amazing People Pictures/Michael Budd (Sci-Fi and Thriller) Writer/Producer
The Bridge (2022)
Film (short) by Imagination for Hire (Thriller) Writer/Director https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20880596/?ref_=nm_knf_i2
The Pool (2022)
Film (short) by Imagination for Hire - Margaret M. MacDonald (Thriller) Writer/Director
The Writer (2021)
Film (short) by Imagination for Hire - Margaret M. MacDonald (Comedy and Horror) Director/Producer
I'll Be There (2018)
Film by Radioactive Pictures/Jessica Butland (Drama) Writer
Sonnet #23 (2017)
Television by New York Shakespeare Exchange - Sonnet Project International Director
#1 at the Apocalypse Box Office (2015)
Film (short) by Imagination for Hire - Margaret M. MacDonald (Comedy and Drama) Writer/Director