Chelsea McMullan


Chelsea McMullan is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for her 2013 film My Prairie Home, a film about transgender musician Rae Spoon.

Career

Early work

Her early film credits include the documentary films Derailments and The Way Must Be Tried, and the short films Plume and Bath Time. McMullan has worked on several projects with the National Film Board of Canada. In addition to My Prairie Home, her prior films Mise en Scène and Deadman were made for the NFB; she first met Spoon when she wanted to secure rights to one of Spoon's songs as background music for Deadman.

''My Prairie Home''

My Prairie Home competed in the World Cinema Documentary program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.

''World Famous Gopher Hole Museum''

McMullan's 2015 film World Famous Gopher Hole Museum was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.

Recent work

Her forthcoming projects include a documentary film, Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John, and a narrative feature film, Swan Killer.