About Alicia McClendon
A screenwriter, actor and filmmaker, Alicia champions female storytelling and diversity in film and television. Her brand is strong, flawed women and tends to write about trauma, loss, grief and perseverance.
From Indiana, some of her stories take place in Indianapolis to bring filmmaking there. Her love of writing came from her 2nd grade teacher assigning the class to writing a short story for homework, and because of her trauma, she used writing to heal and fell in love with it. It was Rodriguez’s and Tarantino’s From Dusk Til Dawn that got her into writing screenplays as a child, and she hasn’t stopped since.
Alicia is a martial artist and studies Wing Chun, Brazilian Jiujitsu, Kali, and JKD Kickboxing and takes an on camera scene study acting class.
Short Films
Directed, Produced, and Written by Alicia McClendon
A chronically and mentally unwell disabled woman awakens one morning with the recollection that she has killed her husband's mistress only to discover her memories aren't what they seem to be.
A psychological thriller that entertains with suspense and drama while shining light on mental health and chronic illness like fibromyalgia.
When a grieving woman is invited out of town by a charismatic man, her idyllic retreat dissolves into something sinister as she finds herself in the clutches of a cult leader.
A psychological drama about trauma, loss, grief, and perseverance.
After two black women are found brutally murdered, a true crime Youtuber investigates whether or not it's the work of a serial killer, and if so, is it the same killer who murdered her sister two years prior.
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