Sheila McLaughlin (born 1950) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and photographer. She wrote and directed the controversial film, She Must Be Seeing Things (1987). Her debut feature film, Committed (1984), which she co-directed with writer Lynne Tillman, is an experimental narrative of the life of Frances Farmer, shot on a low budget of $45,000. McLaughlin's films have been described as presenting "a grasp of a developing new feminist language of cinema."
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Sheila McLaughlin is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actress who emerged from the 1980s downtown Manhattan underground film scene.
She is best known for writing and directing the experimental features Committed (1984) and She Must Be Seeing Things (1987).
She creates experimental narrative and avant-garde feminist cinema focusing on complex psychological character studies and queer themes.
