Angus MacLachlan wrote JUNEBUG, directed by Phil Morrison, which was selected for the Dramatic Competition for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and won a Special Jury Citation for Amy Adams, as well as her first Academy Award nomination. Angus was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for 'Best First Screenplay', and 'Best Screenplay' by the Washington Area Film Critics, and won 'Best Screenplay, 2005' from the International Cinephile Society. The film was listed on over 50 Top Ten lists. His other screenplays include STONE, starring Robert Deniro, and FORTROLIGHETEN which won the Golden Goblet for Best Screenplay at the 2013 Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2013 he wrote and directed GOODBYE TO ALL. The film debuted at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, was nominated for Best Narrative Feature, and won Best Actor for Paul Schneider. It was chosen one of the Ten Best Films of 2014 by Brandon Harris of Indiewire/Filmmaker magazine. He wrote and produced ABUNDANT ACREAGE AVAILABLE, starring Amy Ryan, Martin Scorsese  Executive Producer. It debuted at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature, and won Best Screenplay.