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name: "Alison Maclean"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "31 July 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T23:47:05.943154+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alison Maclean

Director. Born 31 July 1958 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 31 July 1958, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 1993–2003
- **Works often with:** Alan Taylor, Henry Bromell, Peter Medak, Tim Hunter

## Biography

Alison Maclean is a Canadian-New Zealand film and television director. She was born on 31 July 1958 in Ottawa, Ontario, to New Zealand-born parents and moved to New Zealand with her family as a teenager. She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture in 1982.

Maclean began directing short films in the 1980s, including *Talkback* (1987) and *Kitchen Sink* (1989), the latter of which screened at Cannes and won eight international awards. Her feature films are *Crush* (1992) and *Jesus' Son* (1999). She has directed episodes of numerous television series, among them *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1997), *Sex and the City* (1998), *Carnivàle* (2003), *The Tudors* (2007) and *The Wilds* (2020–2022). She has also directed music videos, including Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn' (1997), and commercials.

Later work includes the feature *The Rehearsal* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

## Also known for

- *Gossip Girl* (2007), Director
- *Sex and the City* (1998), Director
- *The L Word* (2004), Director
- *The Tudors* (2007), Director
- *The Wilds* (2020), Director
- *Jesus' Son* (2000), Director
- *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993), Director
- *Kitchen Sink* (1989), Director, Writer

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