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Sheila McLaughlin

Sheila McLaughlin

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."

Filmography
The Meadow of Things poster
The Meadow of Things
1988
The Big Blue poster
The Big Blue
1988 • Myrna
Seduction: The Cruel Woman poster
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986 • Justine
Committed poster
Committed
1984 • Frances Farmer
Born in Flames poster
Born in Flames
1983 • Other leader
Ordinary Sentence poster
Ordinary Sentence
1982
No Image
How to Fly
1981
Splits poster
Splits
1978