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."

Sheila McLaughlin

Sheila McLaughlin

Acting

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."

Known For

Seduction: The Cruel Woman poster

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Justine
Committed poster

Committed

Frances Farmer
Born in Flames poster

Born in Flames

Other leader
Ordinary Sentence poster

Ordinary Sentence

The Big Blue poster

The Big Blue

Myrna
The Meadow of Things poster

The Meadow of Things

Splits poster

Splits

How to Fly poster

How to Fly