Dee McLachlan | |
Birth Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Birth Date: | 1951 3, df=yes |
Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter and film producer |
Yearsactive: | 1990–98 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 .
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, Best Film, Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay at the AFI Awards,[4] and for Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenplay at the FCCA awards She followed up The Jammed with 2012's 10 Terrorists.
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.