---
name: "Ed MacDonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-macdonald"
fi1m_id: "ed-macdonald"
imdb_id: "nm3982828"
tmdb_id: 1243851
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T13:30:13.578711+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ed MacDonald

## Identity

Ed MacDonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-macdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-macdonald
- **IMDb ID:** nm3982828
- **TMDB ID:** 1243851
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3982828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243851

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Ed Macdonald
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 3 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3982828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243851

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Vigil*](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ed Macdonald is a British producer and writer. He has worked as executive producer on the television series *Lovesick* (2014–2018), *The End of the F***ing World* (2017–2019) and *Baby Reindeer* (2024). He also wrote an episode of the series *Vigil* (2021).

His other producing credits include the television films *Medics* (2013) and *Thin Ice* (2017), as well as upcoming series *The Death of Bunny Munro* (2025) and *Alice and Steve* (2026). He has received a Primetime Emmy Award among three wins and three nominations in total.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *Vigil* (2021), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Alice and Steve* (2026), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md)
- *Baby Reindeer* (2024), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/baby-reindeer.md)
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alice and Steve* (2026), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md)
- *The Death of Bunny Munro* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Baby Reindeer* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/baby-reindeer.md)
- *Vigil* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Demon* (2021), as Ben
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Not Safe for Work* (2015), series, Script Supervisor
- *Lovesick* (2014), series, Producer

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