Morag McLean

Morag graduated from Dundee Art College in 1976 after a classical art training specialising in sculpture.

She first worked as a portrait sculptor in Madame Tussaud's, then was employed by BBC Television's Visual Effects studio in London where she worked for 18 years. Morag then moved to Vancouver in Canada and carried on in the film industry  for the next 5 years. During all this time she worked across the full range of Effects including Make-Up FX, creating varied prosthetic appliances; Costume FX, using non traditional materials; Model-Making, Special Prop-Making, and Sculpting, which ranged from carving giant polystyrene sets to modelling the most delicate filigree. All moulding and casting techniques are within her experience and body casting is a speciality. Her Special FX training means that health and safety are always a consideration in everything she makes.

Morag also regularly taught life casting at Shepperton Film Studios while in Britain, and at Capilano College in Vancouver, Canada. She also taught portrait sculpture at Vancouver Academy of Art.  She is experienced in running a crew, and servicing and supporting whatever she is involved in on set and on  location

Morag now lives in Scotland but still works  on both continents. She has dual nationality and is a full member in several branches of I.A.T.S.E. 891 in Canada and BECTU in UK. Only some of the productions she has worked on are listed here.

Getting a bit too involved in making a mould

On the set of Dudley Do-Right