Maclain Way

Maclain Way
Born	Ventura County, California, U.S.
Occupations	Director producer
Years active	2014 – present
Relatives	Chapman Way (brother) Brocker Way (brother)

Maclain Way is an American documentary film director and producer. ^{[1] [2]} He is best known for producing the Netflix documentary series Untold , directing Wild Wild Country and The Battered Bastards of Baseball . ^{[3] [4]}

Maclain received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for Wild Wild Country in 2018. ^[5]

Life and career

Maclain was born and raised in Ventura County, California. He attended UCLA, where he studied history and documentary film. ^[6] He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell and nephew of actor Kurt Russell. ^[7]

Maclain directed and produced his debut documentary, The Battered Bastards of Baseball , along with his brother Chapman Way. The film told the story of the Portland Mavericks and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired and later released by Netflix as one of their first original documentary films. ^{[8] [9]} In 2018, he directed a documentary series, Wild Wild Country , along with Chapman Way for Netflix about the controversial guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho). ^[10] In 2021, he produced the Netflix documentary series "Untold" and directed Untold: Crimes and Penalties and Untold: Breaking Point , along with Chapman Way. ^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
2024	The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga	Director and Executive producer	Documentary series
2022	Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist	Executive Producer	Documentary
2022	Untold: The Rise and Fall of And1	Executive Producer	Documentary
2022	Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul	Executive Producer	Documentary
2022	Untold: Race of the Century	Director and producer	Documentary
2021	Untold: Crimes & Penalties	Director and producer	Documentary
2021	Untold: Caitlyn Jenner	Executive Producer	Documentary
2021	Untold: Deal with the Devil	Executive Producer	Documentary
2021	Untold: Breaking Point	Director and producer	Documentary
2021	Untold: Malice at the Palace	Executive Producer	Documentary
2018	Wild Wild Country	Director, sound mixer and producer	Documentary series
2016	The New Yorker Presents	Director and producer	1 episode
2014	The Battered Bastards of Baseball	Director and producer	Documentary

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2018	Won	International Documentary Association	Best Limited Series	Wild Wild Country	[12]
	Won	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series		[13]
	Nominated		Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
2019	Nominated	Cinema Eye Honors	Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast		[14]
2021	Nominated	International Documentary Association	Best Episodic Series	Untold	[15]

References

1. "Maclain Way". tfiny.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
2. "Tell Your Truth: Chapman & Maclain Way on Wild Wild Country". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
3. "Untold creators reveal why they wanted to make a sports docu-series after Wild Wild Country". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
4. "Chapman and Maclain Way on Osho docu-series Wild Wild Country: We wanted to make this an immersive experience". indianexpress.com. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
5. "2018 Creative Arts Emmys: The Complete List of Night 2 Winners". thewrap.com. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
6. "THE WAY BROTHERS". rattlingstick.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
7. "Bing Russell's grandsons explore his 'Battered Bastards of Baseball'". Los Angeles Times . 8 July 2014. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
8. "Sundance: Todd Field Eyeing Adaptation Of 'Battered Bastards Of Baseball' Docu". Deadline Hollywood . 24 January 2014. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
9. "Netflix announces docs, beginning with 'Battered Bastards of Baseball'". ew.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
10. "'Wild Wild Country': Is Subject of Netflix Doc Really a 'Sex Cult'?". rollingstone.com. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
11. "Netflix's Untold Takes A Granular Look At Controversial Moments In Sports". forbes.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
12. "34th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Honorees". documentary.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
13. "Awards & Nominations". emmys.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
14. "Here are all the Nominees for the 12th Annual Cinema Eye Honors". cinemaeyehonors.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
15. "Nominees Revealed for the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards".

External links

• Maclain Way at IMDb