AlisonMaclean
- Director
Alison Maclean has brought an original vision to screen, whether it be in personal, expressionistic films: the Kiwi gothic duo of Kitchen Sink and her first feature, Crush, acclaimed junkie redemption song Jesus' Son, and her adaptation of Eleanor Catton novel The Rehearsal — or in high profile television series like Sex in the City and The Tudors.
Screenography
Biography
Alison Maclean was born in Ottawa, Canada, in 1958, to New Zealand-born parents.
She emigrated to New Zealand as a teenager, and later attended Elam Art School in Auckland. She got a holiday job as an assistant director on moody feature Strata, then met producer Bridget Ikin while working on Vincent Ward's Vigil. Maclean and Ikin would collaborate on a number of short films. The first was Taunt (1983), an experimental film scripted, shot, edited and directed by Maclean in her final year at Elam.
Awards
2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Film: The Rehearsal
Nominated for Best Director: for The Rehearsal
Nominated for Best Screenplay (with Emily Perkins): for The Rehearsal
“When I look back at the films I've done, they're very much wrapped up in certain preoccupations with my life at that time. They all have a personal genesis somewhere in them.”