David Macdonald

David W. Macdonald is Founder and Director of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2008. He is also well-known as a film-maker and author: his film Night of the Fox was a BAFTA finalist for Best Documentary Film of 1976. His celebrated documentary Meerkats United was voted the best wildlife film of all time by BBC viewers.