
"If You Can’t Find a Friend, Make One: 20 Years of May" by Keri O’Shea
Lucky McKee’s directorial debut May (2002) was not a huge box-office success. It initially made far less money...
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Innovator of intimate horror and subversive genre films
Lucky McKee is an award-winning producer, screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for work in the horror genre, such as the 2002 cult hit MAY, the 2006 schoolgirl chiller THE WOODS and the notorious 2011 Sundance shocker THE WOMAN.
In 2006 McKee joined Showtime’s groundbreaking anthology series MASTERS OF HORROR, directing the one hour original film “Sick Girl”. He also contributed segments to the anthology films TALES OF HALLOWEEN and DEATHCEMBER.
After co-writing and co-directing a reboot of ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE and premiering it at the Toronto International Film Festival, McKee shifted his creative sights to directing noir-thrillers with BLOOD MONEY (2017) starring John Cusack and KINDRED SPIRITS (2019) starring Caitlin Stasey, Thora Birch and Macon Blair.
horror collaborator
In 2022 McKee’s film OLD MAN starring Stephen Lang and Marc Senter was released to critical acclaim.
He has co-authored 3 award-winning novels with Jack Ketchum: THE WOMAN, I’M NOT SAM, and THE SECRET LIFE OF SOULS.
He has produced or executive produced multiple films including THE LOST, ROMAN, DARLIN’, JUG FACE, FIRST DATE, the recent hit film THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT starring Sam Elliot, and the upcoming animated feature THE WEIRD KIDZ.
Television & return
McKee directed the Emmy winning season 1 episode “Time of the Monkey” of Peacock’s smash hit detective series POKER FACE and will be back with a new episode in season two.
DEPTH OF FIELD
Lucky McKee’s directorial debut May (2002) was not a huge box-office success. It initially made far less money...
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Masters of Cinema