William D. MacGillivray (born May 24, 1946, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
He then studied filmmaking at the London Film School in England in 1972.
In 1974 he was one of the founding members of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative.
[1] His most successful film, Life Classes (1988), was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and was selected for official competition at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
[2] In 2013, he received the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.