Maclain Way is an American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

director and producer. He is best known for producing the

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documentary series '' Untold'', directing ''

Wild Wild Country ''Wild Wild Country'' is a Netflix documentary series about the controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), his one-time personal assistant Ma Anand Sheela, and their community of followers in the Rajneeshpuram community located in W ...

'' and ''

The Battered Bastards of Baseball ''The Battered Bastards of Baseball'' is a 2014 documentary film about the Portland Mavericks, a defunct minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon. They played five seasons in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, from 1973 through 197 ...

''. Maclain received the

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for ''Wild Wild Country'' in 2018.

Life and career

Maclain was born and raised in

Ventura County, California Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxn ...

. He attended

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

, where he studied history and documentary film. He is a grandson of actor

Bing Russell Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) was an American actor and Class A minor-league baseball club owner. He was the father of Hollywood actor Kurt Russell and grandfather of ex–major league baseball player Matt Franco ...

and nephew of actor

Kurt Russell Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the Westerns on television, western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (19 ...

. Maclain directed and produced his debut documentary, ''

'', along with his brother

Chapman Way Chapman Way is an American documentary film director and producer. He is best known for producing the Netflix documentary series '' Untold'', ''Wild Wild Country'' and ''The Battered Bastards of Baseball''. Life and career Chapman was born in Ve ...

. The film told the story of the

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and premiered at the

2014 Sundance Film Festival The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with ''Whiplash'' directed by Da ...

, where it was acquired and later released by

as one of their first original documentary films. In 2018, he directed a documentary series, ''

'', along with Chapman Way for

about the controversial guru

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho (), was an Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was viewed as a controv ...

(Osho). In 2021, he produced the

documentary series "Untold" and directed '' Untold: Crimes and Penalties'' and '' Untold: Breaking Point'', along with Chapman Way.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Way, Maclain Living people American documentary film directors American documentary film producers Year of birth missing (living people) People from Ventura County, California