Biography

C. LeMar McLean is a director, writer and actor known for Who's Afraid (2022), Page One (2017) and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991). Born and raised in the Bronx and Brooklyn, LeMar experienced the highs and lows of culture shock while living in Appalachian Virginia and while attending and St. Andrew’s School in Delaware. Navigating spaces on either end of the socioeconomic spectrum informs the dimensional range of the characters he develops, regularly drawing on those experiences to convey messages on screen that reflect our shared humanity. After graduating from Haverford College in 2004, LeMar studied improv and sketch comedy at the UCB Theater, becoming a regular performer at the theater for over a decade. Alongside 15+ years in pharmaceutical advertising as a Creative Director on multi-million-dollar brands, LeMar has produced narrative digital content since 2016, starting with the comedy series BREAKFAST IN BED. In 2017, LeMar pivoted into the horror space with the award-winning short film PAGE ONE. And until the pandemic shut live theater venues, LeMar produced the longest-running Black improv comedy show in New York City, CPT: Comedy People’s Time. More recently, he wrote, directed, and produced WHO’S AFRAID (Best Short in the 2022 NJ Horror Con and Film Festival; screen acting debut of AEW’s William “Big Bill” Morrissey), directed and produced the drama ROCKBOTTOM, and has several scripts in development, including BLOOD ROYALE.