J. Michael McClary

Movies

Annie O
Director
When a 15-year-old becomes the first female starter on her high school's male basketball team, her achievement is marred by the treatment she receives at the hands of her teammates, her brother and even her boyfriend.
The Halfback of Notre Dame
Writer
A high school halfback must choose between the gridiron dreams of his football coach father, and his own dream of becoming a musician.
Curse of the Starving Class
Director
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.
The Turning
Director of Photography
Gillian Anderson in her first ever screen role. Anderson's psycho boyfriend, Cliff, returns to his home town seething with pent-up frustration and rage. Four years earlier his family was on the verge of breaking up. Now he's returned to put things right, fired by a psychopathic determination he is intent on destroying his father's new relationship...whatever it takes.
JFK
Additional Camera
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.