Hugh MacDonald is a film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 who in 1986 was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film

Academy Award for Animated Short Film

The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present....

 for The Frog, The Dog and The Devil, made with the New Zealand National Film Unit and Martin Townsend.

He also directed the short film This is New Zealand

This is New Zealand

This is New Zealand is a documentary film showcasing New Zealand scenery that was produced by the New Zealand National Film Unit for screening at the World Expo in Osaka in 1970....

 which was shown on three screens in the New Zealand pavilion at the 1970 world expo in Osaka. The New Zealand pavilion at Expo '70

Expo '70

was a World's Fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese Expo '70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku...

 in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

reflected the heritage of the host country.... Memorable elements included John Drawbridge’s mural, Sue Skerman’s silkscreened perspex bushwalk and Hugh Macdonald’s film.