After Roadkill won the award for Most Outstanding Canadian Film at
Toronto's Festival of Festivals, McDonald earned considerable notoriety
by announcing that he would spend the $25000 prize on "a big chunk of
hash".
Has been trying for years to get the financial backing for his
feature-length version of Chester Brown's cult comic book story, Ed The
Happy Clown.
Studied Film at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.