Andrew Repasky McElhinney

McElhinney holds degrees from The New School for Social Research (NYC) and The European Graduate School (EGS) in Switzerland. In 2011, McElhinney defended his PhD dissertation, which was subsequently published by McFarland and Company as Second Takes: Remaking Film, Remaking America. McElhinney teaches screenwriting, screen studies, and American Studies, and is an instructor at Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey.

In 1994, while in high school, McElhinney formed "ARM/Cinema 25", a company devoted to producing movies. That same year, he released the short films, The Scream and Her Father's Expectancy. In 1995, McElhinney made A Maggot Tango. The original camera negative is in the permanent collection of MoMA-The Museum of Modern Art, New York, object number W23983.

June 2004, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presented a retrospective of McElhinney's movies and installation work (to date), with the film director and some cast alumni in attendance. October 2013, the Zoetropolis Art House, in collaboration with Franklin & Marshall College, presented a revival of McElhinney's debut feature, Magdalen, projected on film. In December 2019, Woodmere Art Museum presented screenings of the original version of McElhinney's fifth feature, Christmas Dreams. March 2020, The Museum of Modern Art scheduled A Chronicle of Corpses for its 20th Anniversary. December 2022, The Museum of Modern Art streamed Christmas Dreams as its holiday offering. November 2023, The Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art presented a 20th Anniversary screening of Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye. November 2024, The Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art presented a 25th Anniversary screening of A Chronicle of Corpses. July 2025, The Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art presented a 30th Anniversary screening of A Maggot Tango.

Since 1993, McElhinney has directed theater productions including The Visitor (McElhinney) – 1993; Oleanna (Mamet) – 1996; The Artificial Jungle (Ludlam) – 1997; The Malady of Death (Duras) – NYC 1999; The Peek-A-Boo Revue Burlesque Show – 2003–2007; Who Milk Dat Was? (Wildau) – 2007; Death and Devil (Wedekind) – 2009; Blue Movie: A Film By Andy Warhol (Warhol) – 2010; Macbeth (Shakespeare) – 2010; The Cowen Bridge Girls (Giovanni/McElhinney) – 2011; Rent (Larson – musical staging only) – 2011; Timon of Athens (Shakespeare) – 2011; Q+C (Cook) – 2012; Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare) – 2013; and Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare) – 2015. From 2016-2020, McElhinney was the Producing Artistic Associate at Torn Out Theater which produced and promoted theatrical productions that inspired and challenged audiences to explore the questions of modern sexuality, gender, and the body politic in public spaces. In 2017, McElhinney and writing partner Greg Giovanni were commissioned by New Yiddish Rep to create a screen adaptation of Sholem Asch's drama, God of Vengeance. 2017-2021, McElhinney was the director of Shakespeare in Harrowgate Park, a theater production entity committed to free, outdoor performances of classic theater, live music and children's theater in Harrowgate Park.