writer/producer/director ~ sally mclean A graduate of The Actor's Institute, London, Sally's film credits include Under The Moon, Ladybird, Just Move Your Lips, Secrets and Joining the Dots. She has played leading roles in the Australian stage productions of Little Shop of Horrors, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, On The Town, Song and Dance, Annie, Oklahoma, Tomb with a View, Lovepuke and the Australian Premier of the off-Broadway hit, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at the Athenaeum Theatre, opposite Julia Morris and Matt Hetherington, during the 1998 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. On the London stage she has played lead roles in Uncle Vanya, Top Girls, Annabel's Requiem and Macbeth, among others. Her television credits include Neighbours, Flying Doctors, Bingles, Blue Heelers, Tonight Live, BBC’s The Bookworm and Channel 9’s Comedy Inc.. She most recently played the role of "Angie Powers" in the BBC mini-series, Bootleg which aired in September this year on ABC Television, and has just completed filming the lead role of “Camilla” in Angela Paraskeva’s Without A Word. Also a screenwriter and producer, Sally co-wrote and co-produced the successful short feature A Little Rain Must Fall, which premiered at Ealing Studios, London in July 1997. She is currently working as screenwriter/creative producer on her first major feature film, Forever (working title), which is under representation with IndeGo Films in Sydney for production in the UK. She is also co-producer for the Australian feature film Heart (working title), written and produced by Jeff Richards, starring Jacinta Stapleton (Stingers) and Alan Fletcher (Neighbours), directed by VCA graduate, Jeremy Stanford. Prior to this, she worked in production at the BBC, London in the Music & Arts and UKTV departments, during which time she chaired the Alternative Program Development Unit, submitting several successful program ideas for BBC1 and BBC2. She most recently worked for Crackerjack Productions at Channel 9, Melbourne on Comedy Inc. as audience coordinator/autocue operator. Sally is also a published poet and short fiction author, appearing in several international magazines and anthologies. She was recently named an International Poet of Merit and nominated for International Poet of the Year 2003 by the US International Library of Poetry, and is featured in their Best Poets and Poems of 2003 anthology. She also wrote and directed her first play, Chasing Pegasus (A Play in Ten Chords), which premiered on December 19th, 2003. fixNATION is Sally’s debut film as a solo director. She wanted to explore the apparent increase of addictions in our society, question what is an addiction and has drawn the conclusion that nearly everything can be labelled as an "addiction" - be it perceived as healthy or otherwise. For those who are interested, her personal addictions are varied, but include filmmaking and web design. Essentially, she is addicted to communication. Judge that how you may ... Visit Sally online at http://www.sallymclean.com/   back to crew

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