Award winning producer James McLean started his film career in front of the camera, acting on television shows such as Clueless, Cracker and Power Rangers, but he soon became more fascinated with what goes on behind the camera. He is known for Chapelwaite (2021) Haven (2010) and To the Moon (2024)

An incendiary queer drama for the Me Too era, Compulsus ("striking together; hostile") is a story of revenge and love, of poetry and violence.