---
name: "Michael McDonnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-mcdonnell"
fi1m_id: "michael-mcdonnell"
imdb_id: "nm0568120"
tmdb_id: 9034
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:04:30.059776+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."
---

# Michael McDonnell

## Identity

Michael McDonnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-mcdonnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-mcdonnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0568120
- **TMDB ID:** 9034
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9034

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9034

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Usual Suspects*](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md) (82)

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## Biography

Michael McDonnell is a film producer and occasional second unit director. He is credited as producer on *The Usual Suspects* (1995).

His other credits include producer on *Urban Legend* (1998) and second unit director on the same film; executive producer on *Fools Rush In* (1997); co-producer on *The Replacement Killers* (1998) and *Urban Legends: Final Cut* (2000); line producer and second unit director on *King of California* (2007); and associate producer on *Five Corners* (1987) and *No Holds Barred* (1989). He has also produced the television series *Crossroads* (1992–1993).

McDonnell received a BAFTA nomination and has two nominations in total.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Usual Suspects* (1995), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *King of California* (2007), Line Producer
- *Urban Legends: Final Cut* (2000), Co-Producer
- *Urban Legend* (1998), Producer, Second Unit Director
- *The Replacement Killers* (1998), Co-Producer
- *Fools Rush In* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Usual Suspects* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md)
- *Five Corners* (1987), Associate Producer

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