Sheila McLaughlin

Sheila McLaughlin

Known for

Acting

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."

Best known work

Born in Flames
Born in Flames
1983
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986
She Must Be Seeing Things
She Must Be Seeing Things
1988
The Meadow of Things
The Meadow of Things
1988
Committed
Committed
1984
Ordinary Sentence
Ordinary Sentence
1982
The Big Blue
The Big Blue
1988
Inside Out
Inside Out
1978
How to Fly
How to Fly
1981
Splits
Splits
1978

Filmography

  1. 1988

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    Director, Writer, Producer

  2. 1988

  3. 1988

    The Big Blue

    as Myrna

  4. 1986

  5. 1984

    Committed

    as Frances Farmer, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Additional Photography

  6. 1983

    Born in Flames

    as Other leader, Camera Operator

  7. 1982

  8. 1981

  9. 1978

  10. 1978

    Inside Out

    Director

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