Ali has been chosen to join the BlackMagic Filmmakers Collection and will participate in their Bridge the Gap initiative. Founded with the belief that the art of filmmaking should be accessible to all, the Blackmagic Collective is designed to bring together filmmakers from all disciplines and experience levels to learn from, share with, and inspire … More Ali is magic for Bridge the Gap Writers Initiative!
It’s a good week for Ali’s screenplay, She’s Not There. First her award-winning story is advanced to the next round by Script Lab, then she lands in the Top 8% of discoverable projects and Top 10% of projects on the site. In a highly competitive field such as the Coverfly screenplay database, which showcases hundreds … More She’s Not There gets top ranking on Coverfly
Ali’s screenplay version of her award-winning play about mental health and monsters, She’s Not There, has advanced to the next round in the Script Lab competition. MacLean is a mental health advocate and also suffers from depression and general anxiety disorder. She wrote the film, which turns the rom com genre on its ear when … More She’s Not There advances in Script Lab
Ali’s screenplay adaptation of her award-winning play She’s Not There, a culmination of her participation in GreenLight Women’s International women’s writers group, will have a Live Reading presented by GreenLight Women at Theatre West. Directed by MacLean, the show will feature Carly Chaikin (Mr. Robot) and Brent Morin (Undateable) in the lead roles of Anna … More She’s Not There screenplay adaptation live read!
Wolves At The Door, Ali’s award-winning play about grief, guns, and toxic masculinity, has been named a quarterfinalist, out of 1,000 entries in the Screencraft Stage Play Competition. This year’s jury includes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights Stephen Adly Gurgis and Nilo Cruz, a Tony-nominated director and choreographer, and artistic directors at The Old Globe Theater and IAMA Theater Company. … More Wolves At The Door advances in the Screencraft Stage Play competition
The screenplay adaptation of Ali MacLean’s award-winning play She’s Not There has advanced in the TSL Screenplay competition. The script has made it to the quarter-finals, placing it in the top 1,000 out of 13,000 entries. Funny, poignant, experimental, and shocking, She’s Not There explores how mental illness can hijack a relationship. The personification of depression … More She’s Not There advances in The Script Lab screenplay competition
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