Dee McLachlan

For the New Zealand cricketer, see Duncan McLachlan (cricketer).

Dee McLachlan
Born (1951-03-04) 4 March 1951 (age 73)
Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter and film producer
Years active1990–98
2007–present

Dee McLachlan (born Duncan McLachlan; 4 March 1951) is a film director, producer and writer from Middle Park, Victoria.[1] Under her assigned name, McLachlan directed such films as Scavengers, The Double 0 Kid, Running Wild, Deadly Chase and The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo.

In 1999 McLachlan moved to Australia, where she publicly transitioned gender and changed her name to Dee.[2] Her credits include The Jammed, a film for which she won IF Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Script[3] She also received nominations for Best Editing at the IF Awards,[4] Best Film, Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay at the AFI Awards,[5] and for Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenplay at the FCCA awards[6] She followed up The Jammed with 2012's 10 Terrorists.

Filmography

Author

McLachlan founded Gumshoe News in 2013 and along with Mary W Maxwell has written and published over 2,000 articles. McLachlan and Maxwell have co-authored two books: Enough is Enough (on the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania) and Truth in Journalism. Mclachlan has written five children's books.

References

  1. ^ Schembri, Jim (5 December 2008). "A wild ride ... and it's not over yet". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Dee McLachlan". The Australian.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Joel adds winning chapter to stories". The Australian.[dead link]
  4. ^ Nominations for the 2007 Inside Film Awards revealed, inside film[dead link]
  5. ^ "The Jammed is this year's big AFI Awards surprise". The Herald Sun. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  6. ^ FCCA AWARDS 2008 – WINNERS, urban cinefile, archived from the original on 12 March 2016
  7. ^ "Dee McLachlan writer/director of The Jammed speaks with WSWS". wsws.org. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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