Gavin Heffernan

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Gavin Heffernan
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On set at the AFI in Los Angeles (2007)
Born (1980-04-02) April 2, 1980 (age 41)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilmmaker, photographer, screenwriter
Websitehttp://www.sunchaserpictures.com

Gavin Heffernan (born April 2, 1980) is a Canadian filmmaker/screenwriter/photographer.

He co-wrote the psychological horror feature The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) [1] and Paramount's Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)[2] with writing partner Adam Robitel. Also known for directing experimental visual works, primarily timelapse,[3] featured in The Rolling Stones' 2015 Zip Code Tour[4] as well as their 2016 Desert Trip shows. Heffernan also contributed visuals to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters' 2016 concerts and Paul Simon's 2018 Homeward Bound Farewell Tour.

Deadline reported in July 2021, that Heffernan and Adam Robitel had partnered with Darren Aronofsky on a thriller series for Netflix titled The Craving.[5]

In July 2019, Deadline posted that Heffernan and Robitel had teamed up with Sam Raimi on an "Untitled Supernatural Thriller"[6] for Sony Pictures.

An alumnus of McGill University and the American Film Institute. While attending McGill in Montreal, Quebec, Gavin wrote, directed, and starred in the feature film Expiration (2004). Though budgeted at a meagre $10,000, Expiration was awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Toronto at the 2004 Canadian Filmmakers' Festival, received a 76% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes,[7] and acclaim from publications Variety,[8] and Ain't it Cool News.[9]

His unconventional anti-war documentary Grand Wheel (2008) premiered at SXSW and played more than fifty film festivals in twenty countries worldwide. His 2010 collection of experimental shorts about the fall of man titled "Devolution" premiered at the Florida Film Festival and won an Audience Award at the 2010 HollyShorts Film Festival. The sci-fi follow-up "Devolution: Reckoning" premiered at the 2011 Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal.

Heffernan's timelapse art has been featured in Leonardo DiCaprio's Ice on Fire global warming doc for HBO, Virgin America flights, BBC Earth,[10] Bravo's first scripted show Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and many other press and TV outlets including The New York Times,[11] CNN,[12] TIME Magazine,[13] National Geographic,[14] CBS News,[15] and WIRED.[16] Borrego Springs, California named their 2014 town festival after Heffernan's "Borrego Stardance" astro timelapse and October 25 was subsequently named "Gavin Heffernan Day" in San Diego County[17] by Senator Joel Anderson.

In 2015, Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic co-founded SKYGLOW, a crowdfunded book and Blu Ray project to tackle the rising danger and damage of urban light pollution. The fundraising campaign generated significant publicity and ended on May 9, 2015 as the fourth most successful Kickstarter campaign ever in the Photobooks category. The SKYGLOW book released in April, 2017 at SKYGLOWPROJECT.COM and was created in association with the International Dark Sky Association.

SKYGLOW event at The Annenberg Photo Space in Los Angeles
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Notes[]

  1. ^ The Taking of Deborah Logan’ Is a Netflix Horror Gem
  2. ^ Paramount has released the poster for Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
  3. ^ Profile SunchaserPictures.com; accessed April 2, 2015,
  4. ^ [1] PLSN - The Rolling Stones ZIP CODE tour.
  5. ^ [2] Deadline - Adam Robitel & Gavin Heffernan Set Up Thriller Series At Netflix With Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures.
  6. ^ [3] Deadline - ‘Escape Room’ Director Sets Up Untitled Supernatural Thriller At Sony.
  7. ^ [4] Expiration / Rotten Tomatoes
  8. ^ [5] Expiration Variety Review
  9. ^ Expiration review, aintitcool.com; accessed April 2, 2015.
  10. ^ [6] BBC Earth - Spectactular New Desert Timelapse
  11. ^ [7] New York Times - The Push to Reclaim Starry Skies
  12. ^ [8] CNN - Chasing 'dark skies' to focus on light pollution
  13. ^ [9] TIME - Two Filmmakers Set Out to Capture the Last Mesmerizing Dark Skies
  14. ^ [10] Gorgeous New Dreamlapse From Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa Lakebed
  15. ^ Timelapse video discussion, cbsnews.com; accessed April 2, 2015.
  16. ^ [11] WIRED - Time-Lapse Video Shows Spectacular Desert Sky at Night
  17. ^ NBC San Diego Profile, nbcsandiego.com; accessed April 2, 2015.

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