Alexandra MacDonald

I am a producer, writer, director, and Canadian Screen Award-winning actor with 15+ years in the entertainment industry and more than 40 credits across film and television. I have worked on nearly every side of production: in front of the camera, behind it, and in development. I write, direct, and produce through my production company Four Vultures, which I founded to house original narrative work. My first
film project, "MUSED", a dramatic thriller that I wrote, directed, and produced, premiered at the Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying film festival LA SHORTS in 2025, screened at the HOLLYSHORTS Monthly Screening series in 2026, and was a semi-finalist at the FLICKERS RHODE ISLAND Film Festival. My next project, Unit 118, is now in post-production ahead of its festival run, and our third film project,
Queen of Hearts, is now in pre-production. I’m currently developing my own feature film Birdie. Alongside my own work, I’ve spent years on the other side of the business, most recently as Director of Development for the independent production company DKZ Films, and on the production and development team at Rumiville Inc, which has produced content for HBO, Paramount, Fox, ABC, NBC, BET, and Amazon Prime, among others.

As an actor, I won a Canadian Screen Award for Cardinal and picked up a second nomination for Mean Queen. My credits include the Netflix series What/If opposite Renée Zellweger, David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake, and the lead in the Lifetime pilot Cinnamon Girl, co-created by Zellweger and directed by Gavin O'Connor. I held the lead in the Freeform pilot Misfits, played a series regular on the Canadian comedy Young Drunk Punk, and shared the screen with Jennifer Lawrence in House at the End of the Street. My other credits include Darren Lynn Bousman's The Barrens, the SXSW-premiering Stage Fright, the animated series Pacific Rim: The Black, and the independent feature Art of a Hit.

I have worked as a freelance script consultant and story editor with new and emerging writers through Stage 32, Roadmap Writers, and independently, and have years of experience evaluating material with impact and production in mind. Many of my clients hire me to gain a working actor’s perspective on their material. But my real strength is helping writers build a direct, clear-cut path to get the vision that’s in their mind down on the page, and their script ready to land on the desk of someone who can get their movie made.