Merrick McFarling

Merrick Donald McFarling is an aspiring film actor, director, editor, producer, and writer. Merrick got his start in film in 2010 when he used iMovie to make what he calls "Bluegrass Trailers". These were usually 1-3 minute long clips of his dog, named Bluegrass, put together in the form of a hollywood movie trailer. There are 14 known "Bluegrass Trailers", most notably "Dogzilla". It was then that Merrick formed his biggest production company, Mer Bear Studios. A few years later in 2014 Merrick and Mer Bear Studios began working on his short film titled "Old Man Joe and the Devil". This 20 minute long motion picture was filmed in Bemidji, Minnesota and featured a cast and crew of only 4. This included Merrick's sister and two older cousins and his sister. The film centered around an Old Man by the name of Joe who had spent the last decade of his life searching for the girl he had been in love with sense preschool. When he finally finds her he is immediately rejected however his persistence pays of when he eventually wins her over. It is then revealed that Joe had been turned into and old man in preschool for being a bully. The devil then reappears and turns Joe back into his youthful self. This short film spawned several sequels including but not limited to the well known Christmas special "Old Man Joe's Christmas Vacation," as well as the famous Easter special "Old Man Joe's Easter Adventure". These films are heavily criticised for lazy writing and poor editing. Merrick McFarling eventually moved on from the Old Man Joe franchise and took a break film making for a few years. However when Merrick entered high school he joined Mounds View High School's theater program where he started in tech and stage crew and later joined cast. It was here where Merrick got his big break because he became good friends with the owner of EarthCoreStudios, Eddie Possehl. Merrick began to work closely with Eddie Possehl on many EarthCoreStudios projects most notably "Off Camera," when he played Mark, and "Spider-Man: Unknown," where he played Kraven the Hunter and body doubled spiderman. Merrick McFarling continues to act and direct in many youtube projects.