M.J. McMahon

Info

Role

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth

02/06/1977

Place of birth

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

M.J. McMahon

Biography

After working across a ten year period on over 200 hundred feature film and TV productions culminating as a Film Executive on the Oscar winning The King's Speech, McMahon co-founded the production company Capture. Capture produce commercials, online digital content and promos for clients including Nike, BBC, Ogilvy, AKQA, ITV and Sky TV. Through their Film Division he's produced The Man from Mo'Wax - the official documentary on underground DJ James Lavelle and DJ Shadow, this world premiered at SXSW and was officially selected for MIFF, IDFA and LFF. In addition to this he produced the multi-award winning short film Gin & Dry followed by The Girl In The Dress. As a director he made the multi-award winning short films Hawk and Killing Thyme the latter stars Scottish actor Brian Cox and actress Charlotte Riley. This won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Austin Film Festival making a tally of over 50 wins/nominations/official selections for his films at festivals around the world. He's presently developing his directorial feature film début Mouse.

Known For

Killing Thyme
Killing Thyme
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Hawk
Hawk
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