Maclain Way
{{short description|American documentary director, producer, editor and cinematographer}}
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| name = Maclain Way
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| birth_place = Ventura County, California, U.S.
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| occupation = {{flat list|
- Director
- producer
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| years_active = 2014 – present
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| relatives = Chapman Way (brother)
Brocker Way (brother)
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Maclain Way is an American documentary film director and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfiny.org/filmmakers/detail/maclain_way|title=Maclain Way|website=tfiny.org|access-date=2021-09-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/tell-your-truth-chapman-and-maclain-way-on-wild-wild-country|title=Tell Your Truth: Chapman & Maclain Way on Wild Wild Country|website=rogerebert.com|access-date=2021-09-01}} He is best known for producing the Netflix documentary series Untold, directing Wild Wild Country and The Battered Bastards of Baseball.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/untold-creator-sports-documentary-wild-wild-country-exclusive/|title=Untold creators reveal why they wanted to make a sports docu-series after Wild Wild Country|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=2021-09-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/wild-wild-country-rajneeshpuram-netflix-director-interview-5116438/|title=Chapman and Maclain Way on Osho docu-series Wild Wild Country: We wanted to make this an immersive experience|website=indianexpress.com|date=30 March 2018 |access-date=2021-09-01}}
Maclain received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for Wild Wild Country in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/2018-creative-arts-emmys-the-complete-list-of-night-2-winners-updating-live/|title=2018 Creative Arts Emmys: The Complete List of Night 2 Winners|website=thewrap.com|date=9 September 2018 |access-date=2021-09-01}}
Life and career
Maclain was born and raised in Ventura County, California. He attended UCLA, where he studied history and documentary film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rattlingstick.com/directors/the-way-brothers/|title=THE WAY BROTHERS|website=rattlingstick.com|access-date=2021-09-01}} He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell and nephew of actor Kurt Russell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-battered-bastards-baseball-directors-20140708-story.html|title=Bing Russell's grandsons explore his 'Battered Bastards of Baseball'|website=Los Angeles Times|date=8 July 2014 |access-date=2021-09-01}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/sundance-todd-field-eyeing-adaptation-of-battered-bastards-of-baseball-docu-670940/|title=Sundance: Todd Field Eyeing Adaptation Of 'Battered Bastards Of Baseball' Docu|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=24 January 2014 |access-date=2021-09-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/05/09/netflix-documentaries/|title=Netflix announces docs, beginning with 'Battered Bastards of Baseball'|website=ew.com|access-date=2021-09-01}} In 2018, he directed a documentary series, Wild Wild Country, along with Chapman Way for Netflix about the controversial guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/wild-wild-country-is-subject-of-netflix-doc-really-a-sex-cult-629072/|title='Wild Wild Country': Is Subject of Netflix Doc Really a 'Sex Cult'?|website=rollingstone.com|date=10 April 2018 |access-date=2021-09-01}} In 2021, he produced the Netflix documentary series "Untold" and directed Untold: Crimes and Penalties and Untold: Breaking Point, along with Chapman Way.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nashasmith/2021/08/10/netflixs-untold-takes-a-granular-look-at-controversial-moments-in-sports/?sh=59e47dd7575c|title=Netflix's Untold Takes A Granular Look At Controversial Moments In Sports|website=forbes.com|access-date=2021-09-01}}
Filmography
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| Year
!Title ! Contribution ! Note |
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| 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
| Director and producer | Documentary |
| 2021
|Executive Producer |Documentary |
| 2021
|Executive Producer |Documentary |
| 2021
| Director and producer | Documentary |
| 2021
|Executive Producer |Documentary |
| 2018
| 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
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| Year
!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|2018
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |International Documentary Association |Best Limited Series | rowspan="4" |Wild Wild Country |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|rowspan="2"|Primetime Emmy Awards |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | |
| 2019
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast |
| 2021
|Nominated |International Documentary Association |Best Episodic Series |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6195256|Maclain Way}}
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Category:American documentary film directors
Category:American documentary film producers