Andrew Maclear

Andrew Maclear is an English photographer, screenwriter and documentalist.

Biography He was born in Lewes (East Sussex) in 1950.

In 1968, he took photographs of John and Yoko Lennon. His images of London in this period appeared in magazines, newsprint and books. Maclear produced several documentaries including a profile of the psychologist p Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

In the early 1980s, following the success of a feature film set in the city of London starring Rebecca de Mornay, he developed a 26-hour TV series for English television on the same theme; money traders and their lives. Maclear wrote episodes of established TV series and then developed a further 26-hour original series, Space Island One, produced by Margaret Matheson for Sky UK, German and Australian Television.

Maclear moved to Paris when he was fifty and continued writing screenplays. He latterly returned to photography and produced a book about the town of Soller in Mallorca, and became a travel writer. He continues to sell and speak about his photographs from London during the nineteen sixties, many of which are acknowledged as being emblematic of this extraordinary cultural and sociological period.

Works Documentaries Producer/Writer/Director Homoepathy (Origins and Principals). Produced with Arabella Churchill, 1978 Airplay (Profile of New York City and WNEW-FM), 1982 (Director & 2nd camera) Rock Steady. Profile of New York City break dancing phenomena (Cameraman) Elisabeth Kubler Ross (To Live Until We Die). BBC TV & PBS Boston, 1982 Randy Newman (Profile of the America composer). BBC TV & PBS Boston, 1983

Cinema and drama series Creator and principal writer Dealers. Euston Films. Rebecca de Mornay & Paul McGann, 1984 Capital City. 23 part one hour ensemble series for ITV London, 1989–1990 Space Island One. 26-hour ensemble TV series for Sky BSB / German and Australian Television, 1998 Night Kitchen. Pilot episode of ensemble series set in the kitchen world, 2004 Express Yourself (Cameraman). Short psychological drama produced by Peter Delaunay, 2014