The film that lit my fuse: oscar-winning ‘the last king of scotland’ & ‘the mauritanian’ director kevin macdonald
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_The Film That Lit My Fuse_ is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions,
formative influences, and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s subject is Kevin Macdonald, the Oscar-winning Scottish
director. Macdonald oscillates between making documentaries and dramas, and his big breakthrough came in 1999 with_ One Day in September_, which examined the murder of Israeli athletes at
the 1971 Olympic Games in Munich. It won Best Documentary at the 2000 Academy Awards. Since then, Macdonald has won acclaim and prizes for features including _Touching the Void_ and _The
Last King of Scotland_, while his most recent feature, _The Mauritanian_, gathers a stellar cast (including Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley and Tahar Rahim) for a true
story about a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was imprisoned for years without charge by the U.S. government. In _The Film That Lit My Fuse__,_ Macdonald, who is currently directing YouTube’s
_Life in a Day 2020_, credits_ The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp_ with helping inspire his movie career. Describing it as Britain’s answer to _Citizen Kane_, it was co-directed by
Macdonald’s grandfather Emeric Pressburger. WATCH ON DEADLINE Check out the video above.