Christian MacDonald

Christian MacDonald was born in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he completed his thesis year of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program as a Film major at NSCAD University. Prior to his studies at NSCAD, Christian completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with concentrations in Anthropology/Sociology and Philosophy at Cape Breton University. During his first year of the film program at NSCAD, Christian's short film "Teddy" was chosen to be scored by Symphony Nova Scotia and screened as part of the Music & Image program at the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax. Having focused primarily on cinematography with credits as director of photography on several independent and NSCAD productions, including Justin Tomchuk's film "No One's Watching," Christian's thesis film "When You're Gone" marks his official debut as writer and director.