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Shooting boat scenes today with the 50' TechnoCrane!
2nd Unit Process Trailer Gang on Showtime's 'The Chi'
Always fun doing action scenes with the 50' TechnoCrane!
Never ending preps and shoots back to back. No matter what format or type of shoot we get it done!
Recently got trained to load 35mm by The International Cinematographer's Guild with partnership with Panavision. Now I'm Able to load all Arri and Panavision Mags
This past weekend I was A Cam 1st AC on Nickelback's new music video. We shot on vintage Kowa Anamorphic Lenses to 6k Ana on a Red Dragon. 
Updated my focus station with a new Small HD 702 Bright. Super sharp and bright monitor that is perfect for every situation. Here it is on the set of Nickelback's new music music video with a Teradek Bolt for wireless video and a Preston Single Channel for pulling focus.
Check out this new commercial I was the 1st AC on. We shot in 3 different states on a Canon C300 MKii package with a Ziess CP.2 set.
We got to bring the Technocrane into Lagunita's brewery for 'Chicago Fire' finally for a incident scene!
Decent view from my office today. We're shooting down in Atlanta today for a trucking commercial and have been going to some pretty cool locations. It's nice to get out of the bitter Chicago winter for a bit.
Last shooting day for 2016 on Fox's show 'Empire' and the Camera Department pulled out the Onesies.
Cold but sunny morning shooting on the CTA tracks for NBC's new show 'Chicago Justice'.
BTS photo I took of this scene we shot on the 2nd Unit for Fox's new show 'APB'. This episode is out now! You can watch it on Hulu and Fox.
Check out this little BTS video of me pulling focus this past summer for pickup shots on the feature 'Landline". Here I'm pulling on a Digital Bartech. Our camera package is an Arri Amira with some Ultra Primes. 
Long 4 day shoot on 63rd street beach for Fox's 'Empire' - Season 3. This episode is out now! EP. 309
Today I'm 2nd ACing on Fox's 'APB'. This production is packing some heat for this shootout scene today.
My first day out on NBC's 'Chicago Fire - Season 5' and we get to pull out the big boy toys for this incident scene.
I've been wanting to do this since I was a kid just learning about the industry and now I can finally say that I joined Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild. I am now day-playing on a lot of the shows that are currently filming in Chicago including Chicago Fire, Empire, APB, and Chicago Justice.  I couldn't ask for a better career! Looking forward to what the future holds and where it takes me. 
                                                                                         -Mac
After a month of shooting, we finally wrapped principal photography in the indie comedy 'Landline' featuring Tom Arnold, Jim O'Heir, Betsy Brandt, Ryne Sandberg, and Jay Washington. It was a pleasure being the 1st AC on this shoot and working with some amazing cast and crew in some amazing locations. Here is the Variety article on the film if you wish to read more about the film: ​variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-tom-arnold-boards-indie-comedy-landline-exclusive-1201771149/

"Breaking Benjamin - Ashes of Eden (Official Video)"

New Breaking Benjamin music video I worked on the Chicago unit for with Simian Designs just premiered on Billboard. Check it out!

'Business Unusual' BTS Video

Check out this awesome BTS video of 'Business Unusual', a film I recently worked on as an AC on this past fall. It was a super fun shoot full of great cast/crew and a lot of late nights. Make sure to watch the full film also if you haven't already! ​

Business Unusual

This past fall I got to 1st AC on a short film with a great cast and crew for Substance Over Hype & Renaissance Hotels featuring some cameos from my home town natives Ozzie Guillen and The O'My's and many other great cast! We shot this in one very long week in downtown Chicago and O'Hare International Airport. 

Disney Channel's 'Fa-La-La-Lidays'

I was recently out in Los Angeles for a bit an worked on a holiday special for Disney Channel called 'Fa-La-La-Lidays' with Sabrina Carpenter which aired on national TV during the 2015 holiday season. Here the link to the ET article about it: LINK

Business Unusual Trailer

The trailer to "Business Unusual" finally came out! I was the 1st AC on this film. Los Angeles production company, Substance Over Hype, came out to Chicago to produce this 20 minute film for JW Marriott Hotels and had tons of great cameos in it. The film is premiering on January 11th!

Raisin Bran - 'Dr. Scoops' 

Check out this add campaign I worked on for Kellogg's Raisin Bran Cereal with Optimus One production company.

White Noise - Teaser

Here's a trailer for the short film, 'White Noise', which I was the 1st AC on over the summer. Check back soon for the release of it!

Bernadette - Teaser

'Bernadette'  is my 2nd feature film that I have worked on. It was a pleasure to get to 1st AC this with such a great crew and cast. I can't wait to see the finished product which is premiering in Summer 2016.

2014 Film Reel

Here is my most current film reel. Everything in my reel is from videos that I have shot for various clients over the year.

​ProbCause - Pale Moonlight

I had the pleasure of directing a film for Chicago popular Hip-Hop artist ProbCause where we got to bring back the 1920's Chicago speakeasy style into a modern rap video. Premiered on Yahoo Homepage. Shot at CineSpace Chicago, May 2015.

Electric Forest 2014

I had the honor of helping create this official 5 part series about Electric Forest Music Festival with our small team of 6 people. We worked all hours of the day for 5 days straight to make these for the festival. Everything is 100% shot on Red Epics.

Directing 2014 Riot Fest

Check out this behind the scenes video of me getting back to my roots and directing/switching the live feed and image magnification for 'Weezer' at Riot Fest 2014. The stage I directed all weekend had a whole variety of big named artists on it including, 'Slayer', 'Cheap Trick', 'Mastodon', and 'GWAR'.

ProbCause - Pale Moonlight (Live)

Had the Honor of finally producing a live multi-cam video of ProbCause's performance at Lincoln Hall in Chicago this past January.
This was shot with 2 shooters and one stationary cam. It is directed and edited by me.

ProbCause - NYE 2014

Traveled up to Milwaukee for New Years Eve 2014 to shoot and edit this new live synced/recap video for ProbCause who ended his year with this sold out show at the Miramar Theater.

PropCause Summer Tour 2014

I linked up with rapper, ProbCause, this summer at all of the various festivals I have been working at over the summer to create this summer tour recap video for Bonafyde Media. Check it out and keep an eye out for the fall tour video coming next!

Cofresi Studio Sessions

This is a studio video I directed and edited for up and coming Chicago artist, Cofresi. For this video we did a multi-cam with 4 DSLR's and chopped it together in post. This is the first of many to be coming out. Stay tuned for more!

BTS Photos of New Celine Marie Video.

Check out these behind the scenes photos of a new studio video I am directing for Celine Marie. The video is still in editing but will be posted here when it is finished!

Tipper.

Finally got to team up with my friend Killian Blount to create this music video for Tipper. We used green tights to key out the people and replace them with Tipper's visuals. Killian crushed it on the VFX!

Summer Set 2014

This year at Summer Set Music Festival, I got to team up with Vitea Sessions to create this official recap video. Enjoy!