Cameron McCasland

{{Infobox person

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|8|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, US

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| birthname = Robert Cameron McCasland

| yearsactive = 1985–present

| spouse = Jessica Evans, June 14, 2003 – July 2013 (2 children)

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| website = http://cameronmccasland.com/

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Cameron McCasland (born August 24, 1981, in Dallas, Texas, US) is an American filmmaker.{{IMDb name

| id = 1813225

| name = Cameron McCasland

}}. Retrieved November 30, 2008.

Career

In 2007 McCasland directed a video for Quiet Company's music video, Fashionable from the album Shine Honesty released by Northern Records.{{cite web

| url = http://www.vacant.cc/leah/2007_10_01_archives.html

| title = Spit on a Stranger 30 October 2007

| accessdate = November 30, 2008

| author = Taylor Muse

| date = October 2007

| work = vacant.cc

}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} It is currently playing on demand at Mtv.ca{{cite web

| url = http://www.mtv.ca/search/video.jhtml?input=quiet%20company#upPlayer

| title = Quiet Company Fashionable Now Playing on Demand

| accessdate = November 30, 2008

| year = 2007

| publisher = MTV

}} after making the rounds on the festival circuit. It won best music video honors at the Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson, Mississippi,{{cite magazine

| url = https://www.moviemaker.com/festivals/page2/film_festival_beat_almost_famous_night_of_horror_phoenix_crossroads_2008_20/festivals

| title = Eight Great Fests

| accessdate = November 30, 2008

| author = Mallory Potosky

| date = October 30, 2008

| magazine = Movie Maker Magazine

}} and Fearless Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas,{{cite web

| url = http://mainstreetartsfest.org/off-main/Fearless-Film-Festival/filmdescriptions.aspx

| title = Film Descriptions and Directors' Biographies AWARD WINNERS

| accessdate = November 30, 2008

| author = Main Street Arts Festival

| work = Main Street Arts Festival

| publisher = Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080907100045/http://mainstreetartsfest.org/off-main/Fearless-Film-Festival/filmdescriptions.aspx

| archivedate = September 7, 2008

}} as well as taking the Silver Remi at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival in Houston, Texas.{{cite web

|url = http://worldfest.org/PAGES/winners.htm

|title = 2008 Worldfest Winners List

|accessdate = November 30, 2008

|author = Worldfest

|work = Worldfest

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030623014344/http://worldfest.org/PAGES/winners.htm#

|archive-date = June 23, 2003

|url-status = dead

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}}

In 2008 McCasland was nominated for a Regional Emmy in advanced media writing for Trash Day of the Dead which he wrote and directed for the '"Go Green With Dr. Gangrene" campaign.{{cite web

|url = http://nashville.emmyonline.org/#112

|title = MIDSOUTH EMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED 11/21/08

|accessdate = November 30, 2008

|author = THE VADEN GROUP, PC, CPA'S

|publisher = National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

|archive-date = February 6, 2010

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100206120004/http://nashville.emmyonline.org/#112

|url-status = dead

}}

McCasland did a series of Go Green shorts,{{cite web

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|title = New Valiant Goes Green With Dr. Gangrene

|accessdate = November 30, 2008

|author = Evil Dread

|work = Evil Dread

}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} which garnered several national awards, and which received citations from Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, and the Nashville City Council.{{cite web

| url = http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/term_2007_2011/rs2009_600.htm

| title = RESOLUTION NO. RS2009-600

| accessdate = February 19, 2009

| author = Duane Dominy

| date = January 6, 2009

| work = Nashville.gov

}} McCasland became the first recipient of the Vasaria Public Service Award at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards alongside Chiller Cinema.{{cite web

| url = http://rondoaward.com/

| title = Barbie (yes, Barbie!) beats Creature in Rondo Awards' top model showdown

| accessdate = May 12, 2009

| author = David Colton

| date = March 22, 2009

| work = Rondo Award

| publisher = Classic Horror Film Board

}}{{cite web

|url = http://www.buried.com/horrorpress/horrorpress/special-rondo-awards-citation-for-nashville-filmmakers/

|title = Special Rondo Awards Citation For Nashville Filmmakers

|accessdate = May 12, 2009

|author = buried.com

|date = March 29, 2009

|work = buried.com

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104848/http://www.buried.com/horrorpress/horrorpress/special-rondo-awards-citation-for-nashville-filmmakers/

|archive-date = July 8, 2011

|url-status = dead

}}

McCasland has directed multiple episodes of Dr. Gangrene's Creature Feature which airs on Nashville's CW affiliate, WNAB.{{cite web

|url=http://www.cw58.tv/home/home.html

|title=CW58 WNAB Homepage

|access-date=November 30, 2008

|date=February 2007

|publisher=WNAB CW 58

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623093752/http://www.cw58.tv/home/home.html

|archive-date=June 23, 2008

|url-status=dead

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}} He has worked with Larry Underwood (who portrays Doctor Gangrene), as an actor on the show as well as appearing as himself on the half-hour show Chiller Cinema (the show changed titles when it moved to a two-hour format). He has provided movie reviews and articles to the show's website, which also won a Rondo Award at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards in 2005.{{cite web

|url = http://classichorrorfilmboard.com/rondos/Winners2005.html

|title = KONG STOMPS COMPETITION IN 4th RONDO AWARDS

|accessdate = November 30, 2008

|author = David Colton

|date = February 19, 2006

|publisher = classic horror film board

|quote = Best Website went to Nashville horror host Dr. Gangrene, whose Chiller Cinema site and TV show is a horror landmark in Tennessee. His show is now seen on Ch. 58 in the region.

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080704222243/http://classichorrorfilmboard.com/rondos/Winners2005.html#

|archive-date = July 4, 2008

|url-status = dead

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}}

In 2009 McCasland directed the debut music video for the Numerics song Precious Time, which received the Golden Hermes award.{{cite web

|url = http://numericsband.com/

|title = Special Rondo Awards Citation For Nashville Filmmakers

|accessdate = May 12, 2009

|author = numericsband.com

|date = March 29, 2009

|work = numericsband.com

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100523083756/http://numericsband.com/#

|archive-date = May 23, 2010

|url-status = dead

|df = mdy-all

}}

On April 19, 2014, McCasland debuted The Lashman at the Full Moon Horror Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. McCasland wrote, produced, and directed the film. The Lashman was nominated for Best Independent Film at the 13th annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. It won a Matchflick Flicker Award for “Best Throwback Film of 2014”.{{Cite web|date=2015-03-11|title=Cameron McCasland's The Lashman Nominated For Prestigious Rondo Award.|url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2015/03/11/cameron-mccaslands-the-lashman-nominated-for-prestigous-rondo-award/|access-date=2021-09-14|website=Horror Society|language=en-US}} McCasland won Indie Director Of The Year at the 2015 Individual TV Awards for the film.{{Cite web|title=IndieVille TV Awards (2015)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003576/2015/1/|access-date=2021-09-14|website=IMDb}}. And in 2025, he was inducted into the Official Horror Host Hall of Fame in the category of "Behind the Screams".

Personal life

While in Nashville he met Jessica Evans, whom he married in his hometown of Edgewood, Texas{{cite web

| url = http://www.vanzandtnewspapers.com/news/126/ARTICLE/5664/2008-07-13.html

| title = Local Man Found His Path As Video, Film Producer

| accessdate = November 30, 2008

| author = Terry Britt

| date = July 13, 2008

| publisher = Van Zandt News

}} on Flag Day, June 14, 2003.{{IMDb name

| id = 1813225

| name = Cameron McCasland

| section = bio

}}. Retrieved February 14, 2008.

Their daughter, Marie McCasland, was born in December 2004. Their second daughter Roxie McCasland was born only hours after McCasland returned home from the 2008 CMT Music Awards in April 2008. They separated in September 2011, and finalized their divorce in July 2013. On October 10, 2014, he married Jamie Easterwood.