Thomas J. McLean

Dynamic, highly skilled writer and editor with expertise in content development, pipeline management, and cross-functional collaboration gained over 20+ years of diverse professional experience in print, online and social media. Energized for new challenges.

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Animation Magazine • 5th April 2021

From the Swamp to the City: Ryan Crego Strikes the Right Note with 'Arlo the Alligator Boy'

“At heart, I’m a story person,” says Ryan Crego, creator, writer and director of the animated musical feature Arlo the Alligator Boy. “And so a lot of ideas really come from sketches rather than words. I just tend to find that that’s where I build characters and start to create stories, so that’s where Arlo came from.”

Animation Magazine • 2nd March 2021

'Kamp Koral': Visiting SpongeBob and Friends’ Early Years

After more than two decades ruling the airwaves from his undersea bromeliad home, SpongeBob SquarePants is finally getting a spinoff show that will give viewers a fuller understanding of their porous pal’s misspent youth.

Animation Magazine • 28th December 2020

That ’70s Dark Knight Show: 'Batman: Soul of the Dragon'

Bruce Timm’s love of Batman is well known — he has animated the character in TV series and movies for three decades. But it’s taken until now for his love of early 1970s kung fu and blaxploitation movies to come to the screen alongside the Dark Knight in the DC Universe animated feature Batman: Soul of the Dragon.

FASTLinkDTLA • 23rd December 2020

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The 2020s are still the decade of Downtown L.A.! We can help DTLA recover economically while investing in the high-quality travel options needed so that we can live, work, play and visit DTLA. How can we serve your travel vision for 2021? How can we bring more customers, sports fans, event-goers, employers and employees back to DTLA in the record-breaking numbers that DTLA experienced in 2019? We want to hear from you through our Go DTLA Survey!

Variety • 29th January 2020

Visual Effects Awards: Tech Advances Allow for De-Aging and Photorealism

The VES Awards has firmly established itself as a respected mainstream institution, as indicated by a record number of submissions this year, expansion of categories in both number and breadth, and high demand for tickets.

Animation Magazine • 28th January 2020

Class Act - 5 Cool Courses at Top Animation Schools

For animation students, school is definitely the coolest place to learn the basics of the craft while expanding their personal and creative horizons. And with so many opportunities and new frontiers opening up for animation, it’s no wonder that so many of the top animation schools are finding fascinating ways to prepare their students to make the most of it.

Variety • 17th May 2019

Chicago Program Gives High School Girls Lessons in Documentary Filmmaking

At the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, three of the projects screening in the Short Film Corner — “Birthday,” “Phenomenally Me” and “Without Dying” — will be products of the DePaul/CHA Documentary Filmmaking Program, a six-week course co-sponsored by the Chicago Housing Authority in which high school girls learn filmmaking from graduate students and faculty of DePaul University.