Filmmaker, screenwriter, editor and producer Donovan Marsh is best known for penning and directing the South African comedy-drama movie Spud (2013), which followed the exploits of a teenager during his first year at boarding school. A two-time winner of the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) for Best Director and Best Screenwriter, some of his other notable movie credits include the drama film Dollar$ + White Pipes (2005) and the crime drama Avenged (2013).

In 2018, Marsh directed the action thriller Hunter Killer, which was based on the novel Firing Point (2012) and starred Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler in the central roles.