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 PRODUCER:
SALLY McLEAN
After graduating from
The Actors’ Institute, London, Sally co-wrote and co-produced
the successful 45 minute feature A Little Rain Must Fall, which premiered
at Ealing Studios, London in July 1997. She made her debut film
as writer/director/producer with the short film fixNATION in 2004 (screened on “OutThere”,
Foxtel 2005, Selected: Best of Anything Goes Film Screenings
2004, Melbourne), going on to complete her second short film
Brigit
& Benny (a modern faerietale) (screened at The
Festival of the Spirit) in 2005.
BBC Single Drama & Film
(now BBC Film) wrote of A Little Rain Must Fall:
" ... immensely enjoyable ... wonderfully realistic ...
refreshing ... The cast played their well defined characters
superbly without exception ... (the dramatic events in the film)
were handled both by the cast and writers with skill and sensitivity."
Prior to this, she worked in
production with the BBC in both their Music & Arts and Commercial
Channels Depts. (now UKTV Channels), during which time she Chaired
the BBC Alternative Program Development Unit, submitting
several successful television program proposals to the Controllers
of BBC1 & 2.
Since her return to Australia,
she has worked in production for Channel 9, Southern Cross Broadcasting,
Endemol Southern Star and Grundy Television on programs such
as Big Brother, Comedy Inc. and 1 vs 100.
Her first play as writer/director/producer,
Chasing
Pegasus: A Play in Ten Chords (written and workshopped
in 2003), premiered in October 2006 as part of the Melbourne
Fringe Festival. Her second theatre production, again as writer/director/producer,
'Till
The Boys Come Home, premiered in July 2004, again
to full audiences, with a return season planned in early 2008.
Excerpts from her current work-in-progress Bayonets and Bully Beef, were showcased
under her direction at the Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne in
July 2005.
Theatre Alive (an Arts Victoria
initiative) wrote of Chasing Pegasus (a play in ten chords):
"...confronting, thought provoking and engaging ... an experience
that shouldn't be missed."
As an actor, Sally’s film
credits include leads in numerous independent short and feature
films in both Australia and the UK. She has also played leading
roles in over thirty Australian and UK stage productions including
the Australian Premier of the off-Broadway hit, I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change at the Athenaeum Theatre,
during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and several
roles in UK and Australian television including the BBC mini-series
Bootleg
in the role of "Angie Powers".
Sally is currently Creative
Director of Incogntia Enterprises, dedicated to commercial
television, theatre and film production, and recently became
a publisher of screenplays and plays. Other projects on her slate
for production include the docu-drama Franz's Squad (working
title), the feature film Dalny and her Australian history
feature film trilogy: Christie (working title), Jean
(working title) and The Last Gangster (working title).
Sally's most recent project as co-writer/executive producer is
the comedy short film Why Must The Show Go On? (2009),
currently in post production.
For more information, visit
her official website: www.sallymclean.com
[Photo copyright
James Penlidis 2008] |
