---
name: "James Joseph McDonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-joseph-mcdonald"
fi1m_id: "james-joseph-mcdonald"
tmdb_id: 2474401
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:44:02.815441+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."
---

# James Joseph McDonald

## Identity

James Joseph McDonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-joseph-mcdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-joseph-mcdonald
- **TMDB ID:** 2474401
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2474401

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2474401

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Paddington*](https://film.one/film/paddington.md) (84)

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

## Biography

James Joseph McDonald is an Irish archive producer and licensing consultant based in London. He runs the company Shanakee, which supplies archive material and licensing services to feature films, documentaries and series for international broadcasters and production companies.

McDonald began his career as a director and producer of short-form documentaries for the Open University, BBC Learning and OpenLearn. He later specialised in archive research and production for television and film. His credits include archive producer on *Paddington* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paddington* (2014), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Paddington* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington.md)

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