India Donaldson
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India Donaldson | |
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.png) Donaldson in 2024 | |
| Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 40–41) |
| Education | Santa Monica High School |
| Alma mater | Vassar College |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | Roger Donaldson[1] |
| Relatives | Chris Donaldson (brother) |
India Donaldson (born 1984 or 1985) is an American filmmaker best known for the 2024 film Good One.[2]
India is the daughter of Mel Clark and director Roger Donaldson; she gained exposure to the film industry at an early age.[2][3] Her parents divorced when she was a child. She attended Santa Monica High School and Vassar College, where she majored in English.[4][5]
Career
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Donaldson worked in the textile industry.[2] Her directorial debut, the 2018 short film Medusa, was followed by the short films Hannahs and If Found in 2019 and 2021, respectively.[6][7][8]
Donaldson presented her feature-length debut Good One as a work-in-progress at the 2023 American Film Festival in Wrocław, where she was awarded a $50,000 prize to support the project's post-production in Poland.[9] The completed film screened at 2024 Sundance Film Festival and the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was eligible for the Camera d'Or.[10][11] The film later won the Grand Jury Prize for Best American Independent Feature Film at that year's Champs-Élysées Film Festival.[12]
In 2025, it was announced that her next film would be The Chaperones, produced by A24, with David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman and Paul Dano in lead roles.[13]
Personal life
Donaldson resided in New York for ten years. Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her husband moved to Los Angeles, where they currently reside.[4][9] The couple lived with India's father, his third wife, and their two teenage children during the COVID-19 lockdowns. India's experiences living with her young half-siblings inspired the plot of Good One.[4] Around this time, she gave birth to her son.[5]