Brad McGann MNZM (22 February 1964 – 2 May 2007), was a New Zealand film director and screenwriter.

He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Otago[1] and in 1988 completed a one-year post-graduate course at the Swinburne School of Film and Television (now a part of the Victorian College of the Arts) in Melbourne.

[2] He directed the drama It Never Rains in 1996 as well as co-directing the documentary Come As You Are for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and the award-winning short film Possum.

[citation needed] In 2004 and 2005 McGann won international acclaim for his first full-length feature film, In My Father's Den, which was based on Maurice Gee's novel.

[3] McGann was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 New Years Honours List.