Kate McLean
Production
Kate Mclean is a filmmaker and producer living in San Francisco. She has co-directed a number of short documentaries including The Caretaker (Cannes Film Festival, New York Times OpDoc, POV Broadcast), Marathon (New York Times OpDoc, POV Broadcast), and Gut Hack (SWSW, New York Times OpDoc).
Kate is producing Jamie Meltzer’s documentary TRUE CONVICTION which was supported by Sundance, Tribeca and the MacArthur Foundation, and tells the story of a group of exonerated men who form their own detective agency. The film premiered this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won a special jury prize. It will air on the PBS series Independent Lens next year.
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She is also the producer of Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado's film BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY, which premiered this year at SXSW. She produced their previous film THE IMMORTALISTS which screened in competition at SXSW, BFI, and CPH: DOX in 2014.
Kate is a 2015 Sundance Creative Producing Summit Fellow, a San Francisco Film Society KRF Grant winner and an SFFS Film House Resident. She has a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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- 2025Any Problem is No Problem Producer
- 2022We Are As Gods Producer
- 2021Freeland Director, Writer
- 2018Marty Director
- 2017Bill Nye: Science Guy Producer
- 2017Gut Hack Writer, Director
- 2015Marathon Director
- 2014The Immortalists Producer
- 2012The Caretaker Director