Sheila McLaughlin

Acting

Sheila McLaughlin

8 films

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 …

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Filmography

8 films
The Big Blue poster

Not to be confused with Luc Besson's film of the same title from the same year. Documentarian Andre…

The Big Blue

★ 10.0 1988

Committed poster

Stylized, black and white biography of Frances Farmer by author Lynne Tillman and Sheila McLauglin.

Committed

★ 8.0 1984

Born in Flames poster

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups…

Born in Flames

★ 6.1 1983

How to Fly poster

With HOW TO FLY, Bowes abandoned plot entirely, finding other forms of structure. He wanted to show…

How to Fly

★ 0.0 1981

Splits poster

Based on “Emma Zunz,” a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, the film moves through the internal voice…

Splits

★ 0.0 1978