Sheila McLaughlin
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.
Sheila McLaughlin
- Born
- 1950
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actress · photographer · harii · screenwriter · director
- Languages
- English
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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.
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McLaughlin's films have been described as presenting "a grasp of a developing new feminist language of cinema."
McLaughlin is lesbian. She left filmmaking to practice acupuncture.
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• Year — Title — Role — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • 1978 — Artificial Memory — Short film • 1982 — Ordinary Sentence (Normalsatz) — (n/a) — (directed by Heinz Emigholz) • 1983 — Born in Flames — Other Leader — also: camera operator • 1984 — Committed — Frances Farmer — also: editor • 1985 — Die Basis des Make-Up (The Base of Make-Up) — (n/a) — (directed by Heinz Emigholz) • 1985 — Seduction: The Cruel Woman (Verführung: Die grausame Frau) — Justine • 1987 — She Must Be Seeing Things • 1988 — The Big Blue — Myrna — (directed by Andrew Horn) • 1988 — Die Wiese der Sachen (The Meadow of Things) — (n/a) — (directed by Heinz Emigholz)
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