Cameron McCasland

Born

1981-08-24

Birthplace

Dallas, Texas, USA

Biography

Cameron McCasland is an Emmy nominated writer, director, & film producer. His feature length directorial debut "The Lashman" garnered praise from critics, receiving accolades including being named Indie Director of the year at the Indieville TV Awards. He has produced music videos for musical acts Quiet Company, Florida Georgia Line, Big & Rich, Maren Morris, & Chris Lane totaling millions of online views and include several #1 songs on Billboards charts, and featured in Rolling Stone, Good Morning America, Today, & American Idol. His half hour documentary "Dallas Smith:Lifted" was broadcast nationally on CMT Canada. In addition his short form documentary web series "I Heard The Devil Say My Name Out Loud" about Austin TX Rock Band Quiet Company took top honors at the Communicator & Omni Awards. His production company Red Headed Revolution partnered with Element Twenty Two to produce three hit feature films Including More Scenes From A Gay Marriage, Paternity Leave, & What's The Matter With Gerald. His television directing work includes several incarnations of the popular Dr. Gangrene character appearing on the CW Network including Dr. Gangrenes Creature Feature, Dr. Gangrene Presents, Dr. Gangrenes Cinetarium, and the Award winning Go Green With Dr. Gangrene PSA campaign which was recognized by the Nashville City Council & Tennessee Governors office for public service. McCasland toured with a series of award winning narrative short films including Tailypo, H.P. Lovecraft's The Beast in the Cave, and the western Prisoner Of Perdition which were developed into the upcoming feature Tales From Parts Unknown. In 2018 he took a producer role with Addiction Campuses Network in Nashville, TN developing episodic digital documentary series including the award winning Around The Turn, and also wrote, directed, & produced the feature length documentary Jumpin' Johnny about Harlem Globetrotters Legend Dr. John Kline which won best overall feature film at the 2019 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase and Best Feature Documentary at Franklin International Independent Film Fest. Currently he is developing Educational & Arts programming for NECAT Network in Nashville Tennessee as the Director of Content & Member Relations. The non-profit provides content across three broadcast channels in Music City. His work has picked up back to back honors at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for best short film and other industry awards including ten nominations from Nashvilles MidSouth Emmy Awards. The Texas born film maker lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters.