Sheila McLaughlin

Sheila McLaughlin

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Biography

Sheila McLaughlin (born 1950) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and photographer. She wrote and directed the controversial film, She Must Be Seeing Things (1987). Her debut feature film, Committed (1984), which she co-directed with writer Lynne Tillman, is an experimental narrative of the life of Frances Farmer, shot on a low budget of $45,000. McLaughlin's films have been described as presenting "a grasp of a developing new feminist language of cinema."

Photo

Sheila McLaughlin 1

Representative Works

Born in Flames
Born in Flames
6.2
/ English
Ordinary Sentence
Ordinary Sentence
8.0
/ German
The Big Blue
The Big Blue
10.0
/ English
Committed
Committed
8.0
/ English
Splits
Splits
No Rating Yet
/ English
How to Fly
How to Fly
No Rating Yet
/ English
Inside Out
Inside Out
6.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986Nominee

Best Performance

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Born in Flames
1983Nominee

Best Performance

Born in Flames

Ordinary Sentence
1982Winner

Best Performance

Ordinary Sentence

Career Highlights

The Big Blue
1988Highlight

Best Performance

The Big Blue

Committed
1984Highlight

Best Performance

Committed

Video

Trailer
Seduction: The Cruel Woman