---
name: "Tom McDonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-mcdonald"
fi1m_id: "tom-mcdonald"
tmdb_id: 1630613
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:50:34.838612+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."
---

# Tom McDonald

## Identity

Tom McDonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-mcdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-mcdonald
- **TMDB ID:** 1630613
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1630613

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1630613

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rooster*](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Tom McDonald is a television writer. He has writing credits on the HBO comedy-drama series *Rooster* (2026), where he also served as executive story editor across all ten episodes. He is additionally credited as a writer on the series *The Paper* (2025) and *The Prince* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rooster* (2026), Fi1m 57, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Rooster* (2026), series, Writer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *Ocean with David Attenborough* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret* (2020), series, Commissioning Editor
- *Seven Worlds, One Planet* (2019), series, Commissioning Editor
- *The Hunt* (2015), series, Commissioning Editor
- *David Attenborough Meets President Obama* (2015), Commissioning Editor
- *Animal Odd Couples* (2013), series, Commissioning Editor
- *Lost Gold*, series, Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tom-mcdonald