Alison Maclean

Directing

Alison Maclean

Born

1958-07-31 (68)

Place of birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alison Maclean is a Canadian 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, 1998), the short film Kitchen Sink (1989) and the feature films Jesus' Son (1999) starring Billy Crudup and Crush (1992) starring Marcia Gay Harden. Alison Maclean was born in Ottawa, Canada, in 1958, to New Zealand-born parents. Her first short film, Kitchen Sink, a surreal suburban nightmare, debuted in Cannes in 1989 and won eight international awards. Maclean moved to New York in 1992. Her film Crush wa…

Known for

Behind the camera

Jesus' Son poster
6.2

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

Jesus' Son

2000

Subway Stories poster
5.6

An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

Subway Stories

1997

Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious: The Singles 97-07 poster
NR

"Glorious: The Singles 97–07" is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia, celebrating ten years since the release of her first album, Left of the Middle. The album consists of all nine singles released from Imbruglia's past three studio albums as well as five new songs including the single "Glorious". A limited-edition version includes a bonus DVD of Imbruglia's music videos.

Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious: The Singles 97-07

2007

Crush poster
6.0

A car crash blazes a destructive trail trough the lives of three women – an awkward adolescent, a malevolent femme fatale, and a wheelchair-ridden critic.

Crush

1992

Crush poster
6.0

A car crash blazes a destructive trail trough the lives of three women – an awkward adolescent, a malevolent femme fatale, and a wheelchair-ridden critic.

Crush

1992

No artwork available
NR

A casting director puts a group of actors through hell.

Intolerable

2006

The Rehearsal poster
5.2

First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.

The Rehearsal

2016

The Rehearsal poster
5.2

First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.

The Rehearsal

2016

Taunt poster
NR

Mystery and menace abound in this debut film from Alison Maclean (Crush, The Rehearsal). Made when Maclean was an Elam art student, the experimental short plays with gender and racial stereotypes by constantly thwarting narrative expectations. What there is of a plot consists of a woman emerging from the sea and a 'centrepiece' pursuit leading to a confrontation between two characters: a man and a woman.

Taunt

1983

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NR

A professor at a West Coast college dreams of marrying a cowboy.

The Professor

2014

Kitchen Sink poster
6.6

From the bowels of the kitchen sink, comes a dark and tender love… An original and full-blooded short film that combines humour with surrealism and leads the viewer towards the fantasy of horror.

Kitchen Sink

1989

Kitchen Sink poster
6.6

From the bowels of the kitchen sink, comes a dark and tender love… An original and full-blooded short film that combines humour with surrealism and leads the viewer towards the fantasy of horror.

Kitchen Sink

1989

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8.0

A radio compere is forced to take the late shift and finds her night going places she couldn't have imagined.

Talkback

1987

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8.0

A radio compere is forced to take the late shift and finds her night going places she couldn't have imagined.

Talkback

1987

No artwork available
9.0

A documentary concerning the detention of Muslim-Americans in the wake of 9/11.

Persons of Interest

2004

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NR

Nan, recently widowed by Rud, a religious eccentric, treats her idolised son Mark and his family to a Sunday roast. An ironic comedy about a disconnected New Zealand family.

Rud's Wife

1986

No artwork available
NR

Nan, recently widowed by Rud, a religious eccentric, treats her idolised son Mark and his family to a Sunday roast. An ironic comedy about a disconnected New Zealand family.

Rud's Wife

1986

No artwork available
NR

Nan, recently widowed by Rud, a religious eccentric, treats her idolised son Mark and his family to a Sunday roast. An ironic comedy about a disconnected New Zealand family.

Rud's Wife

1986