Stephen MacLean

Stephen MacLean (1950 – April 2006) was an Australian screenwriter, journalist, broadcaster, and director of films and television series. His best known work is a biography of Peter Allen which was adapted to create the hit musical The Boy from Oz, and wrote the script of the 1982 semi-autobiographical film Starstruck. He was also an amateur musicologist, with extensive knowledge of the songs and the singers of the mid-20th century, and worked with many musicians.

He started going to revues and dreamt of a career in show business. After persuading his sister to phone theatrical agents on his behalf, he started getting parts as an extra in television series. and then Sydney.

In the early 1970s he began travelling, and for many years lived between Sydney, New York, Los Angeles (where he got to know Peggy Lee) and London. He got to know Jim Sharman, who created The Rocky Horror Show in 1973, Elfick produced the film, and he and MacLean wanted to select the music for it, but in the end let Armstrong had different ideas, and they all agreed that it was a good soundtrack. did not do well at the box office,