Cinetic Media has hired Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald as manager.

Macdonald won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for “A Day in September,” a look at the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. MacDonald’s feature “The Last King of Scotland” earned Forest Whitaker the Academy Award for Best Actor for his chilling portrayal of Idi Amin.

MacDonald will attend the Venice Film Festival, where he will present “One to One: John & Yoko,” a documentary about the relationship between the two music legends. from Mercury Studios. His recent documentary, “Klitschko: More Than a Fight,” a look at Vitali Klitschko, a boxing champion turned mayor of Kyiv, opened Sheffield DocFest 2024. His previous non-fiction work includes “Marley,” a portrait of reggae star Bob Marley; “Whitney,” an examination of pop sensation Whitney Houston; and “High & Low – John Galliano,” which traces the fall of the controversial fashion designer.

His most recent feature film was The Mauritanian, a political thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim. His producing credits include Asif Kapadia’s Senna, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi’s The Rescue and Ben Nicholas and David Tryhorn’s Pele. MacDonald has a joint venture with Plan B to develop and produce documentaries and series.

“Kevin’s ability to move fluidly and at the highest level between documentary and scripted, as well as between directing and producing, makes him the perfect addition to our multidisciplinary management initiative,” said John Sloss, Managing Director of Cinetic. “To put it simply, we are thrilled to be doing business with him.”

Cinetic Media’s management practice represents directors, writers and producers including Richard Linklater, David Gordon Green, Todd Haynes, Chris Smith, Aaron Schimberg and Vanessa McDonnell, Babak Jalali, Christine Vachons Killer Films, World of Wonder, Lana Wilson, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Yance Ford, Matthew Heineman and Pete Nicks.

The management and media company’s other services include content distribution, financing, marketing and public relations, and management consulting. The management consultancy is responsible for representing and advising media companies, brands, financiers and publishers on the development and implementation of entertainment strategies.

MacDonald continues to be represented by WME and United Agents.