In his early career he worked with theatre director
Neil Armfield, and with
Baz Luhrmann and
Catherine Martin at
Opera Australia. McLean's first short film,
Plead, won a Gold award from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). His short film
ICQ screened at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, winning "Best Director of a Short Film". Under his production company GMF (Greg McLean Film), McLean produced television commercials and similar work. McLean's first full-length film was the 2005 Australian independent horror film
Wolf Creek. Reviews were mixed, but it achieved a cult following. In the United States, it received an
NC-17 rating until being edited to obtain an
R rating. Mclean's next film
Rogue, in 2007, was about a deadly salt-water crocodile attacking an international group of tourists in Australia's Northern Territory. He was one of the candidates to direct
Paranormal Activity 2. McLean produced the Justin Dix thriller
Crawlspace. In February 2013, McLean returned as co-writer (with Aaron Sterns), producer and director for
Wolf Creek 2, the sequel to
Wolf Creek. John Jarratt reprised his role as serial killer Mick Taylor and co-starred with
Ryan Corr. After this success, McLean established the production company Emu Creek Pictures. He then wrote, directed, and produced the thrillers
The Darkness,
The Belko Experiment, and
Jungle. He then executive produced and directed episodes of the
Wolf Creek TV series as well as
The Gloaming,
Bloom,
Jack Irish,
La Brea,
The Twelve and
Scrublands. In 2024, he was series director for the Netflix series
Territory. Recently, Greg joined fellow Australian director
Patrick Hughes, along with screenwriter James Beaufort, in establishing the production company Huge Film. The action/sci-fi feature
War Machine (executive produced by McLean) is the first project from this new entity. ==Filmography==