McKee was born in Jenny Lind, California. He directed the 10th episode of the first season of the hit series Masters of Horror titled "Weird Girl". Directed the film "Dark Forest", which was released on DVD on October 3, 2006. He co-directed the horror film All the Cheerleaders Die.

Filmography

As director (feature-length)

• All Cheerleaders Die (2001, co-directed with Chris Sivertson)
• May (2002)
• The Woods (2006)
• Red (2008, directed part of the film before being removed and replaced with Trygve Allister Diesen)
• The Woman (2011)
• All Cheerleaders Die (2013, co-directed with Chris Sivertson, remake of the 2001 film)
• Blood Money (2017)
• Kindred Spirits (2019)
• Old Man (2022)

As director (short form)

• "Sick Girl" (2006, episode of the TV series Masters of Horror)
• "Blue Like You" (2008, short film)
• "Ding Dong" (2015, segment of the anthology film Tales of Halloween)
• "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", a music video for AJ Lambert (2021)

As an actor

• Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! (1996, short film by Rian Johnson) as Woodsy
• May (2002) as Guy Making Out in Elevator
• The Big, Weird Normal (2002) as Weegee and Bean
• Hollywould (2003) as Friend
• Roman (2006, also writer) as Roman
• "Blue Like You" (2008) as Patrick