
Directing
Michelle MacLaren
Born
1965-01-01 (61)
Place of birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Michelle Maxwell MacLaren is a Canadian television director and producer who has worked on numerous series both in Canada and the United States, and is perhaps best known for her work on shows such as The X-Files, Breaking Bad and most recently Frank Darabont's acclaimed series The Walking Dead. She was recently nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards; one for directing a season three episode of Breaking Bad entitled "One Minute" and the other for Outstanding Drama Series (Breaking Bad), on which she served as an co-executive producer.
Known for
8.4A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
5.8A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Population 436
2006
6.6A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Shame
1992
5.2For Fred and Karen Schouten, the news that she is pregnant is most welcome, having been trying for a while with no success. Gordon and Alice Holc are also happy as whilst they already have one child, they learn that at 35 Alice is pregnant again. But both couples receive devastating news as Fred and Karen are informed that their not-yet-born baby has a brain defect and has no chance of surviving whilst Alice and Gordon learn that their baby has a defective heart and also has little chance of surviving...
Heart of a Child
1994
6.3A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
A Child's Wish
1997
8.0An eight-minute bonus scene titled Chicks 'N' Guns was included with Breaking Bad's fifth season DVD and Blu-ray sets. Written by Jenn Carroll and Gordon Smith and directed by Michelle MacLaren, the scene offers a backstory on how Jesse Pinkman obtained the gun seen in the episode "Gliding Over All". Sony Pictures released a behind-the-scenes featurette discussing the scene on its YouTube channel
Chicks 'N' Guns
2013
Film credits
Behind the camera
5.8A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Population 436
2006
6.6A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Shame
1992
5.2For Fred and Karen Schouten, the news that she is pregnant is most welcome, having been trying for a while with no success. Gordon and Alice Holc are also happy as whilst they already have one child, they learn that at 35 Alice is pregnant again. But both couples receive devastating news as Fred and Karen are informed that their not-yet-born baby has a brain defect and has no chance of surviving whilst Alice and Gordon learn that their baby has a defective heart and also has little chance of surviving...
Heart of a Child
1994
6.3A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
A Child's Wish
1997
8.0An eight-minute bonus scene titled Chicks 'N' Guns was included with Breaking Bad's fifth season DVD and Blu-ray sets. Written by Jenn Carroll and Gordon Smith and directed by Michelle MacLaren, the scene offers a backstory on how Jesse Pinkman obtained the gun seen in the episode "Gliding Over All". Sony Pictures released a behind-the-scenes featurette discussing the scene on its YouTube channel
Chicks 'N' Guns
2013
6.1Patty Nowakowski already has three children, but decides to be a surrogate mother. Fully confident of being able to give up her baby, she is nonetheless stunned when she discovers that she is expecting twins, and the couple for whom she is pregnant will only accept one child, provided it is female.
Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many
1993
5.3Alix Miller arrives at the isolated Crompton mansion in New Hampshire to paint the portrait of the mysterious Leland Crompton. When they meet, she discovers that he is horribly disfigured from a disease called acromegaly. Nevertheless, friendship, romance, and a deeper understanding develop between the two.
Beauty
1998
5.0A woman fights for a law to be passed to stop fraternity hazing which resulted in her son's death.
Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges
1994
