Acting

David MacLean

Acting credits

Everything's Going to Be Great poster
6.0

When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regional theater in this warmly observant family comedy.

Everything's Going to Be Great

2025

The Cradle poster
NR

A mentally unstable woman offers to babysit her neighbours child with a very horrific outcome.

The Cradle

1987

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town poster
5.1

In high school Cassie Cranston was slut-shamed out of the wholesome and repressed town of Beaver’s Ridge following a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity. Now, years later, a big city sex columnist, Cassie returns home to bury her mother and finds a chance for revenge when her prudish childhood nemesis insists she helps her old friends plan an orgy.

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

2015

Sugar poster
5.0

Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch. At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.

Sugar

2004

No Sad Songs poster
3.8

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

No Sad Songs

1985

Heritage Minutes: Stratford poster
NR

Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination.

Heritage Minutes: Stratford

1997

Dear John poster
3.2

A girl who is stalked by a psychotic manic hides out with transvestites who aren't at all what they seem.

Dear John

1988

Behind the camera