Gavin Heffernan

Pembuat film Kanada, penulis skenario bergenre yang berbasis di Los Angeles. Kredit penulisan bersama dengan kolaborator tetap Adam Robitel termasuk film horor psikologis hit The Taking (2014), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) untuk Paramount Pictures, dan film thriller supernatural mendatang untuk Sony yang diproduksi oleh Sam Raimi. Di sisi televisi, Heffernan dan Robitel sedang mengembangkan serial horor orisinal dengan Protozoa Pictures karya Darren Aronofsky. Gavin juga dikenal karena mengarahkan karya visual eksperimental, terutama timelapse, terutama ditampilkan dalam konser The Rolling Stones tahun 2015-2016, tur Roger Waters tahun 2016, dan Tur Perpisahan Homeward Bound tahun 2018 karya Paul Simon. Alumni Universitas McGill dan Institut Film Amerika, Heffernan pertama kali terjun ke dunia independen dengan menulis, menyutradarai, dan membintangi film fitur anggaran mikro Expiration (2003). Menarik perhatian Variasi, Festival Film Hari Ini dan Bukankah itu Berita Keren, film fitur Montreal senilai $10.000 meraih Hadiah Utama di Festival Pembuat Film Kanada 2004 di Toronto dan kemudian dinobatkan sebagai "karya besar pertama dari Gelombang Baru DV Mahasiswa" oleh The Film Journal. Timelapse eksperimental Heffernan telah ditampilkan di Virgin America, BBC Earth, lima musim acara bernaskah pertama Bravo, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014), dan banyak outlet pers dan TV lainnya, termasuk Majalah TIME, CNN, National Geographic, CBS News, dan WIRED, antara lain. Jepretannya telah digunakan dalam serial Alien Encounters (2013) Science Channel, Trip Flip Travel Channel (2012), dan film dokumenter LGBT terkenal Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (2014). Heffernan juga menyutradarai dan memproduksi banyak film pendek dan eksperimental yang sukses. Tayang perdana di Festival Film SXSW 2008, film anti-perangnya yang tidak konvensional, Grand Wheel (2008), diputar di lebih dari empat puluh festival di lebih dari lima belas negara dan dianugerahi Silver Bear di Festival Bangsa-Bangsa ke-37 di Austria, Sinematografi Terbaik di Festival Pembuat Film Kanada 2008, dan Film Eksperimental Terbaik di Festival Film Oxford 2009. Koleksi Film Pendek HD eksperimental Heffernan selanjutnya berjudul Devolution (2010) memenangkan Audience Choice Award di Festival Film Hollyshorts 2010 di LA. Sekuelnya, sebuah kemunduran fiksi ilmiah tentang UFO yang menyerang bumi, Devolution: Reckoning (2011) juga menjadi daya tarik yang populer, ditayangkan perdana di Festival Nouveau Cinema di Montreal dan diputar di lebih dari lima belas festival berikutnya.

Canadian filmmaker, genre screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Co-writing credits with frequent collaborator Adam Robitel include the psychological horror hit The Taking (2014), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) for Paramount Pictures, and an upcoming supernatural thriller for Sony produced by Sam Raimi. On the television side, Heffernan and Robitel are developing an original horror series with Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures. Gavin is also known for directing experimental visual works, primarily timelapse, most notably featured in The Rolling Stones' 2015-2016 concerts, the 2016 Roger Waters tour, and Paul Simon's 2018 Homeward Bound Farewell Tour. An alumnus of McGill University and the American Film Institute, Heffernan first hit the independent scene by writing, directing and starring in his micro-budget feature film Expiration (2003). Catching the attention of Variety, Film Festival Today and Ain't it Cool News, the $10,000 Montreal feature took Grand Prize at the 2004 Canadian Filmmakers Festival in Toronto and was later named "the first major work of the Student-DV New Wave" by The Film Journal. Heffernan's experimental timelapses have been featured on Virgin America, BBC Earth, five seasons of Bravo's first scripted show Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014), and many other press and TV outlets, including TIME Magazine, CNN, National Geographic, CBS News, and WIRED,among others. His shots have been used in Science Channel's Alien Encounters (2013) series, Travel Channel's Trip Flip (2012), and the celebrated LGBT documentary Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (2014). Heffernan has also directed and produced many successful short and experimental films. Premiering at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival, his unconventional anti-war film Grand Wheel (2008) played more than forty festivals in over fifteen countries and was presented with the Silver Bear at the 37th Festival of Nations in Austria, Best Cinematography at the 2008 Canadian Filmmakers' Festival and Best Experimental Film at the 2009 Oxford Film Festival. Heffernan's subsequent collection of experimental HD Short Films titled Devolution (2010) won an Audience Choice Award at the 2010 Hollyshorts Film Festival in LA. The sequel, a sci-fi throwback about UFOs attacking earth, Devolution: Reckoning (2011) was also a popular draw, premiering at the Festival Nouveau Cinema in Montreal and playing over fifteen subsequent festivals.