Residence London, England Role Filmmaker Name Bernard MacMahon | Home town Santa Monica, CA Nationality British | |
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Full Name Bernard MacMahon Occupation Director, producer and writer | ||
Bernard MacMahon is an award winning film director and writer.
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He is the director, creator and writer of American Epic, a body of work exploring the early history of American recorded musi c. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Television Academy, The Writers Guild of America, West, The Sundance Institute, and the co-founder of Lo-Max Films.
MacMahon is the creator, writer and director of the three films that comprise the American Epic trilogy: American Epic: The Big Bang, American Epic: Blood and Soil, and American Epic: Out Of The Many The One. He also wrote, curated and directed The American Epic Sessions, a musical film featuring many top contemporary artists including Alabama Shakes, The Americans, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Frank Fairfield, Ana Gabriel, Rhiannon Giddens, Merle Haggard, Bobby Ingano, Elton John, Pokey LaFarge, Bettye LaVette, Los Lobos, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Taj Mahal, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Fred Martin & The Levite Camp, Ashley Monroe, Nas, Willie Nelson, Blind Boy Paxton, Raphael Saadiq and Jack White.
His films have been selected for a number of film festivals including: The American Epic Sessions at the BFI London Film Festival 2015, The American Epic Sessions at IDFA 2015, American Epic: The Big Bang at IDFA 2015, American Epic: Out Of The Many The One at the Hawaiian International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award, the SXSW Film Festival 2016 and the Sundance Film Festival on 28th Jan 2016 where Robert Redford presented the USA premiere of American Epic at The Eccles. The Sundance special event was produced by Allison McGourty, and featured an introduction by Sundance founder Robert Redford, a screening of excerpts from the American Epic films, and a Q&A, hosted by Peter Golub of The Sundance Institute, with MacMahon, Taj Mahal, Jack White and T Bone Burnett. This was followed by performances by Taj Mahal and The Avett Brothers.
MacMahon has homes in London, UK, and Santa Monica, California.
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Early career
Prior to his career in film, MacMahon directed videos for artists, including Garbage and The Go-Betweens. He has also written articles for The New Statesman and the Sunday Times.