Filmmakers: What is your primary skill and where do you work most?
Norcal Cinematography, Norcal Directing, Norcal Gaffing, Writer Norcal
About me - current project:
Bryan Mackenzie was born on November 28th, 1982 in Boksburg, South Africa. He is a writer, director and editor, known for The Fall (2019), which received several festival nominations.
Bryan is deeply invested in the growth of the local film community. He spends his time working as a colorist and editor for local independent film productions, most notably ChefNSacramento (2019), Love, Life and the pursuit of Comics (2019) and The Fall (219) of which all have received festival awards. His passion for creation started in a small Wisconsin based independent game studio, where he worked his way up from gameplay engineer to technical director. Currently based in Sacramento, California, Bryan now works as a graphics software engineer, delivering leading-edge features for next generation hardware and software.
The most recent project is "Renewal" a film aimed at providing a hopeful message that things will be okay, we will be okay.
Renewal 2020: https://youtu.be/XwGMeawzC6M
Laurels, awards and other accomplishments:
The Fall is a neo-noir film centered on Benson, a cunning head of a criminal outfit. While dealing with turbulence from outside his organization, he discovers that there may be a threat from within, and that one of his men may be gunning for his position. Benson shrewdly plans to suss out the threat, and gathers three potential culprits, for a seemingly friendly game of chance.
Received 9 nominations including:
2020 Aphrodite Film Awards - Best Fiction Short Film
2020 Genre Celebration Festival - Best Noir Short, Best Score, Best Noir Short
2020 IndieX Film Festival - Best Film Noir Short
2019 Couch Film Festival - Best Thriller
2019 Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards - Best Poster
2019 Short to the Point International Film Festival - Best No/low Budget Short Film
Written and Directed By: Bryan A. Mackenzie
