---
name: "Edward L. McDonnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-mcdonnell"
fi1m_id: "edward-mcdonnell"
imdb_id: "nm0568093"
tmdb_id: 4588
wikidata_id: "Q29051864"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T12:09:09.200273+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."
---

# Edward L. McDonnell

## Identity

Edward L. McDonnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edward-mcdonnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edward-mcdonnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0568093
- **TMDB ID:** 4588
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29051864
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29051864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4588

Producer. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** Edward McDonnell, Ed McDonnell 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 34 (1), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 4, Action 3, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $397m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29051864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4588

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Sicario*](https://film.one/film/sicario.md) (80), [*Catwoman*](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md) (34)

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

## Biography

Edward L. McDonnell is an American film and television producer. He began his career in the 1980s as a production assistant after working as an investment banker, and later held senior roles at several production companies including Witt/Thomas Films and Di Novi Pictures.

His feature credits include producing *Three Kings* (1999), *Insomnia* (2002), *Catwoman* (2004) and *Sicario* (2015), as well as executive producing *Prisoners* (2013). He has also produced television series including *Shōgun* (2024), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2004 he established Maple Shade Films under a first-look deal with Warner Bros.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Say Nothing* (2024), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *Sicario* (2015), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *Prisoners* (2013), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Three Kings* (1999), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/three-kings.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Man on Fire* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Say Nothing* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *Shōgun* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *The Mosquito Coast* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *The Violent Heart* (2020), Producer
- *Robin Hood* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Sicario: Day of the Soldado* (2018), Producer
- *Sicario* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *Prisoners* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Eagle Eye* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Racing Stripes* (2005), Producer
- *Catwoman* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Shanghai Knights* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Insomnia* (2002), Producer
- *A Walk to Remember* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Original Sin* (2001), Co-Producer
- *Three Kings* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/three-kings.md)
- *Under Siege 2: Dark Territory* (1995), Associate Producer
- *On Deadly Ground* (1994), Co-Producer
- *Mikey* (1992), Associate Producer
- *The Phantom Tollbooth*, Producer

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