Alison Maclean

Alison Maclean
Alison McLean 2015
Born (1958-07-31) July 31, 1958 (age 66)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationFilm director
Years active1989-present

Alison Maclean (born July 31, 1958) is a Canadian-New Zealand film director of music videos, short films, television (episodes of Sex and the City, The Tudors, Homicide: Life on the Street), commercials and feature films. Her works include the music video "Torn" (Natalie Imbruglia, 1997), the short film Kitchen Sink (1989) and the feature films Jesus' Son (1999) (starring Billy Crudup) and Crush (1992) (starring Marcia Gay Harden). She has been the recipient of several awards (e.g. Best Short Film, Talkback (1987) and Kitchen Sink (1989), New Zealand Film Awards), and often uses themes of communication, gender roles, and power structures in her directorial and filmmaking roles.[1][2]

  1. ^ The St. James women filmmakers encyclopedia : women on the other side of the camera. Unterburger, Amy L. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. 1999. ISBN 1578590922. OCLC 41086659.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Screen, NZ On. "Alison Maclean | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.