Joseph Andrew Mclean

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Joseph Andrew McLean
Born (1979-11-30) 30 November 1979 (age 44)
Glasgow, Scotland
Education St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Glasgow
Alma mater University of Glasgow and University of California
Occupation Producer
Years active2011–present
Website http://www.josephandrewmclean.com and http://www.partickularfilms.com

Joseph Andrew McLean (born 30 November 1979) is a Scottish film and TV producer. He has produced over 60 episodes of the TV drama River City for BBC Studios He has also produced commercials, documentaries, music videos and short films in the UK and USA.

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He founded the Glasgow-based production company Partickular Films and is also the founder of Partick Film Festival. [1]

Early life and education

McLean was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Anne (née Wason), and Alistair McLean. He has three older siblings Alyson, James and Lynn.

He attended St. Peter's Primary in Partick and St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in Jordanhill.

Born on St. Andrew's Day, he is named after Scotland's Patron Saint.

He had a love of film from a young age and was an avid cinema goer, frequenting the local Grosvenor Cinema in Ashton Lane and the Salon Cinema in Hillhead.

In 2013 he graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Master of Arts (Scotland) in English Literature and Politics.

Joseph studied screenwriting at the University of California and University of Strathclyde.

Career

McLean made a number of short films during his time at the University of California and University of Glasgow.

His first feature film script Utopia, loosely based on the events surrounding Jim Jones, the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, best known for the mass murder-suicide in November 1978 of 909 of its members in Jonestown, Guyana was voted runner-up at the 20th Anniversary University of California, Irvine Screenwriting Festival in 2012.

After leaving university, McLean founded his own production company Partickular Films which specialises in commercials, documentaries, films and music videos. [2]

In 2013, he released the short film Sectarian Secret Police about a Partick Thistle supporter who is kidnaped by a special police unit who demand he disowns his favourite football team in favour of Rangers or Celtic. The film screened at numerous film festivals throughout the UK, including Screentest: The National Student Film Festival in London and the Loch Ness film festival. [3]

In the same year he also directed the music video Nothing on Earth for the band Casual Sex, the music video was showcased by SXSW [4] and featured in The Daily Record [5] and The Skinny. [6]

In 2014, McLean wrote a pilot for a TV series called 2014 which revolved around the organisers for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [7]

McLean was commissioned to write a script for an animated film as part of Deep Roots, Kilmarnock's major Homecoming Scotland event in 2014, charting the history of Dean Castle and the Boyd family, who were lords of Kilmarnock for over 400 years. [8] The 10-minute animation was screened onto the side of the castle to an audience of over 1400 local school children.

His short film Nomad about the Scottish Independence Referendum was inspired by a scene from The Parallax View starring Warren Beatty. The film was screened at the Shorts on Tap Beyond Scotland event at 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London. [9]

McLean's short film Car Sick (2023) has screened at festivals in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Ireland.

He is a member of BAFTA Scotland.

Filmography

Film

FilmYearDirectorRoleProject
Behind The Lines 1997 Gillies MacKinnon ActorFeature Film
The Perils of Smoking2011ActorShort Film
The Decoy Bride 2011 Sheree Folkson ActorFeature Film
First Impressions2011Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorShort Film
Mausam 2011 Pankaj Kapur ActorFeature Film
The Cookie Monster (USA)2012Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorShort Film
Utopia: The Temple of Paradise (USA)2012Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorShort Film
Sectarian Secret Police2013Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorShort Film
Loch Fyne2014Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorDocumentary
Locavore: Pigs in the Park2014Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorDocumentary
Deep Roots2014ScreenwriterAnimated Film
Nomad2014Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorShort Film
Glasgow Fish Market2014Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorDocumentary
Cows, Cash & Cover-ups: Investigating vCJD2017Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / DirectorDocumentary
Outlaw King 2018 David Mackenzie Assistant to Executive ProducerFeature Film
Slingshot2018 Robin Haig Associate ProducerShort Film
Get Duked! 2019 Ninian Doff Associate ProducerFeature Film
Our Ladies 2019 Michael Caton-Jones Assistant to DirectorFeature Film
The Small Hand 2019 Justin Molotnikov Production CoordinatorTV Film
Then Came You 2019 Adriana Trigiani Production AssistantFeature Film
Zebra Girl 2021 Stephanie Zari Production CoordinatorFeature Film
Go Home2021 Razan Madhoon Associate ProducerShort Film
Unders2021 Bert Dijkstra Associate ProducerShort Film
Car Sick2023 David Hayman Jr ProducerShort Film

Television

TV ShowYearDirectorRoleProject
Take The High Road 1996Actor STV
River City 2011Actor BBC Studios
2014 2014Joseph Andrew McleanProducer / Director Partickular Films
Not Safe for Work 2014Production Assistant Channel 4
Lovesick 2014Production Assistant Channel 4
CNN 2016Producer CNN
Antiques Road Trip 2017Researcher STV
The People's History Show 2017Researcher STV
Succession 2019Production Assistant HBO
The Nest (British TV series) 2020Production Assistant BBC Scotland
River City 2019–2021Production Management BBC Studios
River City 2021–2024Producer BBC Studios

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