Chuck MacLean

Chuck MacLean is a Boston local who grew up in the suburb of Quincy, went to Emerson College in Massachusetts (before transferring to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for film school) and did stints as a journalist for the Patriot Ledger and the Boston Herald.He describes experiences from his rough-housing youth with the police and such as contributing to his inspiration for the TV series City on a Hill (2019).

Works

The Bastard Sons

Life for a crew of organized criminals is disrupted when Vincent Damiano's father, the family's boss, is murdered. Vincent's "bastard" brothers, a group of orphaned souls he raised together, have an idea of who killed their father...his partner Rome. In a valiant and calculated attempt to regain the business and enact vengeance on Rome, the Bastards wage an all-out war to get their pound of flesh.

Release Date2024-01-05

Charactersd Guy

Vote Count1

City on a Hill

In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

Release Date2019-06-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count167

The Instigators

Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up with an unusual accomplice — Rory's therapist — to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.

Release Date2024-08-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count506

Storming Las Vegas

Commando vet of the Soviet army, Jose Vigoa, takes down several Vegas hotels and makes off with millions of dollars.

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

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