Joseph MacDonald

Joseph MacDonald was born on Dec 15, 1906 in Mexico. Joseph MacDonald's big-screen debut came with Te quiero con locura directed by John Boland in 1935. Joseph MacDonald is known for The Sand Pebbles directed by Robert Wise, Steve McQueen stars as Jake Holman and Richard Attenborough as Frenchy Burgoyne. The upcoming new movie Joseph MacDonald plays is Mackenna's Gold which will be released on May 10, 1969.

Versatile Mexico City-born cinematographer Joseph Patrick MacDonald was initially trained as a mining engineer at the University of Southern California. He served a lengthy apprenticeship, starting as assistant cameraman at First National in the early 1920's before eventually graduating to first camera operator by the beginning of the following decade. He became a full director of photography only after joining 20th Century Fox in 1941, staying at this studio until 1959. He was equally adept working with black-and-white or with colour film and was skilled in every genre, from films noir, to westerns, to musicals.