Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Rachel Maclean is a multi-media artist born in 1987 in Edinburgh. Using film and photography, she creates outlandish characters and fantasy worlds which she uses to delve into politics, society and identity.

Wearing colourful costumes and make-up, Maclean takes on every role in her films herself. She uses computer technology to generate her locations, and borrows audio from television and cinema to construct narratives with a comedic touch.

Maclean lives and works in Glasgow.

Best known work

Duck
Duck
2024
Make Me Up
Make Me Up
2018
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
2017
Spite Your Face
Spite Your Face
2017
Artist in Residence
Artist in Residence
2018
Feed Me
Feed Me
2015
Germs
Germs
2013
Again and Again and Again
Again and Again and Again
2016
Over The Rainbow
Over The Rainbow
2013
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019

Filmography

  1. 2024

    Duck

    as All characters, Director

  2. 2024

  3. 2021

  4. 2019

  5. 2019

  6. 2019

  7. 2019

    Dr Cute

    Director

  8. 2018

    Make Me Up

    as Figurehead, Director, Writer, Production Design, Costume Design, Editor

  9. 2018

    Artist in ResidenceTV
  10. 2017

  11. 2017

    Spite Your Face

    Director, Writer

  12. 2016

  13. 2016

  14. 2015

    Feed Me

    Director, Writer

  15. 2014

    The Weepers

    Director

  16. 2014

    Eyes To Me

    as Sophie, Writer, Director

  17. 2013

    Germs

    as Various, Director, Writer

  18. 2013

  19. 2012

    The Lion and the Unicorn

    as The Queen / English lion / Scottish unicorn, Director, Producer

  20. 2007

    Hit Me Baby

    Director

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