Sally’s Behind-The-Camera Credits
Sally also runs a career in production alongside her acting work, and has successfully managed to do so both in Australia and the UK.
She began her work behind the camera as a producer at the first community television station in Victoria, MPTV (Mornington Peninsula Television), producing (and presenting) a weekly magazine lifestyle show for teenagers, as a teen herself, before moving onto professional work as a boom swinger & makeup assistant among other varied roles in film and television. Her work as backstage crew in theatre began in the Lighting department on follow spot, where she could be found when not on stage herself for nearly three years.
In the mid-1990’s, Sally left for the UK to audition for drama school and instead ended up working at the BBC for a few years in production and research roles. Eventually she accepted a place at The Actors’ Institute, where she graduated with a Degree in Drama, then promptly returned to the BBC for just over a year before returning to Australia.
It was during her last stint at the BBC that Sally first began writing for the stage and screen, as well as producing and directing her own work – usually also appearing as an actor.
Sally became Creative Director of Incognita Enterprises, which she founded under the Honorary Patronage of Sir Nigel Hawthorne KB, CBE (1929-2001) while living in London during this time. She has to date written, directed and/or produced four short films, two short features, three plays, two TV pilots, two short documentaries and now her first feature length documentary and first full web series.
Sally has also worked as the General Manager of Melbourne WebFest (one of the original five web fests globally and the largest web fest in the Southern Hemisphere) and was the Founder and Festival Director of Shorts Relief: Flicks For The Fires founded in 2020 – a charity short film and web fest initially founded to raise money for Bushfire relief.
And she is still acting! Read on to find out more about the projects that Sally has helmed in conjunction with her work on stage and screen:
PRODUCTION COMPANY INFORMATION
INCOGNITA ENTERPRISES
Owner/Director
Hon. Patron: Sir Nigel Hawthorne KB, CBE (1929-2001)
Website: www.incognitaenterprises.com
MEMBER: Actors Equity (MEAA), AACTA (Actor Chapter) & ADG (Associate Member)
SERIES
Dark Arcadia (2023)
Writer/Director/Co-Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 4k
Length: 3 x 7 mins/1 x 21 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: In Post-Production
Website: www.darkarcadia.com
Walking Shadows Vol. 2 (2023)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 2k
Length: 8 x 8 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne (Australia)
Status: Completed
Website: www.walkingshadows.com.au
Walking Shadows Vol. 3 (2024)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 2k
Length: 10 x 10 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne (Australia)
Status: In Late Development
Website: www.walkingshadows.com.au
Shakespeare Republic: #GodsAndMonsters (Season Four)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 4k
Length: 18 x 5 mins/3 x 30 mins/1 x 90 mins
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: In Development
Website: www.shakespearerepublic.com
‘Till The Boys Come Home
Writer/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 4k
Length: 20 x 10 mins/4 x 50 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: In Development
Website: www.tilltheboyscomehome.com
Walking Shadows Vol. 1 (2022)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: Smartphone
Length: 22 x 5 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne (Australia)
Status: Completed
Website: www.walkingshadows.com.au
Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) (Season Three) (2020)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: Smartphone
Length: 24 x 5 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne (Australia), London (UK), Glasgow (UK), Edinburgh (UK), Los Angeles (USA), New York (USA)
Status: Completed
Website: www.shakespearerepublic.com
Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard (Season Two) (2017)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 4k
Length: 13 x 5 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
Website: www.shakespearerepublic.com
Shakespeare Republic (Season One) (2015)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 2k
Length: 6 x 5 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
Website: www.shakespearerepublic.com
D.A.T.E. Me (2009) (Pilot)
Writer/Director/Producer/Camera
For NeON Films, Sydney, Australia
Format: MiniDV
Length: 6 x 3mins
Genre: Comedy
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
FILM
CHAMPION (Current Project)
Writer/Director/Co-Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 4k
Length: 110mins
Genre: Documentary
Location: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Gold Coast (Australia), London & Oxford (UK), Vienna (Austria)
Status: In Post-Production
Website: www.thechampiondocumentary.com
Dalny (Current Project)
Writer
As Incognita Enterprises
Format: 4k
Length: 110mins
Genre: Drama/Action/Fantasy
Location: TBA
Status: In Development
Speaking Daggers (2017)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises with Independent Schools Victoria
Format: 4k
Length: 11.35 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
Website: www.speakingdaggers.com
Why Must The Show Go On? (2010)
Co-Writer/ Executive Producer As Incognita Enterprises with Cinema Viscera
Director: Paul Anthony Nelson
Format: HD
Length: 25 mins
Genre: Comedy
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
More info: Incognita Enterprises
Brigit & Benny (A Modern Faerietale) (2005)
Writer/Producer/Director As Incognita Enterprises
Format: miniDV
Length: 8 mins
Genre: Fantasy
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
Screened: Aurora TV
Selected: Festival of the Spirit, USA
More info: Incognita Enterprises
fixNATION (2004)
Writer/Producer/DirectorAs Incognita Enterprises
Format: miniDV
Length: 7 mins
Genre: Silent
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
Screened: Foxtel Australia
Selected: Best of Anything Goes Film Festival, Melbourne
More info: Incognita Enterprises
The Giant, The Witch & The Waterhorse (2001)
Writer/Director/Producer/Camera
For Ross Of Mull Historical Society, Scotland
Format: MiniDV
Length: 25 mins
Genre: Documentary
Location: Scotland, UK
Status: Completed
More Info: Incognita Enterprises
Gyuto Monks: An Australian Awakening (2000)
Writer/Director/Camera
For Gyuto House Australia
Format: miniDV
Length: 20 mins
Genre: Documentary
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
More Info: Incognita Enterprises
A Little Rain Must Fall (1997)
Co-Writer/Co-Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Director: Dennis Morrison
Format: miniDV
Length: 43 mins
Genre: Drama
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed
Selected (non-competition): Cannes Film Festival
More info: www.alittlerainmustfall.com
MUSIC VIDEO
O, Mistress Mine (2017)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Music by Jaron Natoli
Format: 4k
Length: 3.42 mins
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed
Website: http://speakingdaggers.com/music-video/
THEATRE
This Wooden ‘O’ (Current Project)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Length: 75 mins
Status: In Development
Bayonets & Bully Beef (Current Project)
Writer/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Length: 90 mins
Status: Early Script Development
Love Letters To My Gran (Current Project)
Writer/Performer
As Incognita Enterprises
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Length: 60 mins
Status Early Script Development
Chasing Pegasus (2006)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Length: 75 mins
Status: Competed & Performed
Venue/s: Gasworks Arts Park & Mt Martha House
Festival/s: Melbourne Fringe Festival/Victorian Seniors Festival
Website: www.chasingpegasus.net
PS I Love You (2004) (workshop performance)
Writer/Director/Producer
As Incognita Enterprises
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Length: 90 mins
Status: Completed & Performed
Venue: Mt Martha House
OTHER PRODUCTION WORK SUMMARY
Production companies worked for:
BBC Television (London, UK), Endemol Southern Star, Nine Network, Ten Network, Crackerjack Productions, Bayside TV
Australian Television Programs worked on in Production roles:
1 VS 100 (Series 1) (Australia), Australian Idol, X-Factor Australia (Series 1), Big Brother: Hunt for a Housemate, Comedy Inc. (Seasons 1 & 2)
BBC Television Productions worked on in Production roles:
Bookmark, One Foot In The Past, Poetry Nation, Bard On The Box, British Art,Sister Wendy, Robert Hughes American Visions, Bookworm
Sally’s Creative & Other Writing Credits
In addition to being a screenwriter and playwright, Sally has also been a poet for most of her adult life, penning her first poem – “Lights, Camera, Action” at the age of fifteen, which won her first place in a local newspaper literary competition.
Since then, she has been regularly published in various poetry and short fiction anthologies and magazines in Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK, including the anthologies In-Between Days (USA), A Lasting Calm (UK), Tide of Hours (USA) and Millennium Moments (USA/UK) and the literary periodicals Images Inscript (USA), Waxing & Waning (Canada), Celtic Fiction(USA) and Poetry DownUnder (Australia). She was one of ten featured poets, and the only Australian, selected for The Sounds of Poetry an audio presentation of poets selected from across the world and was named in the international Who’s Who of Poetry for 2004.
She is also an author and book editor. Here is a list of what she has done in this realm to date.
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations (Book)
Contributor (Chapter)
Editors: Marina Gerzic and Aidan Norrie
Publisher: Routledge UK
Published: May 2020
More info: https://www.routledge.com/Playfulness-in-Shakespearean-Adaptations/Gerzic-Norrie/p/book/9780367256463
Chasing Pegasus: (a play in ten chords)
Author
Paperback
ISBN-10: 1453767878
ISBN-13: 978-1453767870
Publisher: CreateSpace (USA)
Published: 2010
More info: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-pegasus-sally-mclean/1028994183
Talking to Myself: a collection of poetical monologues
Author/Illustrator
Paperback
ISBN-10: 1453805613
ISBN-13: 978-1453805619
Publisher: CreateSpace (USA)
Published: 2014
More info: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/talking-with-myself-sally-mclean/1120433933
O For A Muse Of Fire: Quotes On Acting From Pioneers Of The Stage
Author/Illustrator
ISBN-10: 1502517736
ISBN-13: 978-1502517739
Publisher: CreateSpace (USA)
Published: 2014
More info: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/o-for-a-muse-of-fire-sally-mclean/1120677180
Innovation and Enterprise: A history of Backwell IXL 1858-2008
Editor
Author: GA McLean
Paperback
ISBN-10: 0646489216
ISBN-13: 9780646489216
Publisher: Blackwell IXL/Deakin University (Australia)
Published: 2008
More info: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4327994
Memories of the millennium
Contributor (Poetry)
Editor: Howard Ely
Paperback
ISBN-10: 1582352623
ISBN-13: 9781582352626
Publisher: Owings Mills (USA)
Published: 2001
In-between days
Contributor (Poetry)
Editor: Alyssa R Stokes-Reinhardt
Paperback
ISBN-10: 1582351414
ISBN-13: 9781582351414
Publisher: J. Franz (USA)
Published: 2000
A Lasting Calm
Contributor (Poetry)
Editor: Joy L Esterby
Paperback
ISBN-10: 1575534495
ISBB-13: 9781575534497
Publisher: Sittingbourne (UK)
Published: 1997
To see more about Sally’s contributions to Poetry & Short Fiction anthologies over the years, visit her Creative Writing site: FlareWithFlair.com