Clairmont Camera with Denny Clairmont, Craig and the Red Camera

Craig at Clairmont Camera Rentals with owner Denny Clairmont (L), DP John LeBlanc, and Red Camera (London).

Craig at Clairmont Camera, Inc. Hollywood with Sony Cinealta F23 HD camer system.

Craig at Clairmont Camera Rentals Hollywood with the Clairmont enhanced Sony Cinealta F-23 HD camera system before a shoot.

Craig at University of Notre Dame Stadium

Craig setting shot of University of Notre Dame Football Stadium for “God, Country, Notre Dame: The Story of Fr. Ted Hesburgh C.S.C.” one-hour HDTV documentary for Hallmark Channel and PBS.

Craig at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Craig and DP/Cinematography Professor John LeBlanc at Q&A after screening of “The Face” at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC. Craig and John work together frequently on documentaries and Craig visits with students when they come to LA for screenings of their work.

Sean Astin Narration Recording Session

Craig after filming session with actor Sean Astin who was also one of the narrators for “God, Country, Notre Dame:  The Story of Fr. Ted Hesburgh, CSC”. Lynn MacGowan, David A. Pierce (Pierce Law Group LLP) and Christina Romney at Family Theater Productions studio. Documentary ran on The Hallmark Channel and PBS. Craig produced and [...]

Craig with Christie Brinkley

Craig with actress/model Christie Brinkley on deck of 60 foot sailboat for filming of a Natural Lite beer commercial for D”Arcy Advertising, St Louis (later DMB&B).

Some Advertising Awards

A few of the hundreds of awards won by Craig MacGowan and creative teams while producing for such agency teams as those at DMB&B (D’Arcy Advertising, St. Louis, Campbell-Ewald Detroit, Michigan and BBDO Southfield, Michigan. There were very few awards they didn’t win many times. Craig was able to be at the right places at [...]

Craig with Sony F900 CineAlta in Washington DC

Craig sets shot with customized Clairmont Camera Sony F 900 Cinealta.  Background plate of Jefferson Memorial.

Filming Chevy Blazer “Mountain Climber”

Freelance Executive Producer Craig MacGowan on location for Chevrolet Blazer shoot with motion picture director/cameraman  Zack Snyder.  Campbell-Ewald, Warren, MI. Everything and everybody was helicoptered to the mountain top location. The result was an amazing  seamless one-take looking commercial. Special Visual Effects were by Alan Barnett,  Melissa Davies and Rudy Hassen  of the award-winning Sight [...]

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Notre Dame Stadium with a F900 on a 30′ Crane

Craig with Sony F900 Cinealta customized camera from Clairmont Camera Rentals on 30 foot crane at Notre Dame Football Stadium for the “God, Country, Notre Dame” tv documentary.

Craig MacGowan with Tom Mc Murtry and Dean Cundey

Director/Producer Craig MacGowan (DGA) with Tom McMurtry ( USN, Ret., NASA, and world famous Pilot ) and DP Dean Cundey, ASC, CSC and the Wolfe Air Aviation  Lear  25 Vectorvision filming Jet at Van Nuys, CA  airport.

Craig with Susan Tomasovic at George Mason University

Craig MacGowan, Director/Producer, visits with Professor Susan Tomasovic of George Mason University after taping of the “Studio A”  half-hour TV interview show. Craig lectures frequently at the school when he is in Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD. Tomasovic is also the East Coast sales rep and production coordinator for Voyager Productions, Ltd., Inc.

Chartre, France Aerials for “The Face”

Craig with Bill Coss (left) and DP Dean Cundey (middle) lining up the Wolfe Air Aviation Gyron nose mount for aerial filming at Notre Dame Cathedral at Chartre, France. The spectacular fly-over shots appeared in the two-hour Emmy Award-Winning “The Face” for PBS.

Craig MacGowan interviews Condoleeza Rice

Director/Producer Craig MacGowan with Condoleeza Rice ready for interview about Fr. Ted Hesburgh, CSC and her days at The University of Notre Dame for the award-winning Hallmark/PBS documentary “God, Country, Notre Dame”. The interview was done a the Executive Office Building studios of the White House in Washington, DC.

Craig MacGowan interviews President Gerald Ford

Director/Producer Craig MacGowan interviews President Gerald Ford about Fr. Ted Hesburgh, CSC for the award-winning Hallmark/PBS aired documentary “God, Country, Notre Dame”.  Rancho Mirage, CA. The two Michiganders had a great day and a historic interview.

Notre Dame Filming

Craig on building top at The University of Notre Dame for shot of Footbal Stadium and campus for documentary.

Hall of Fame at Notre Dame

Craig slaps the famous “Play Like a Champion Today” sign that Notre Dame Football players slap before entering the stadium for a great Saturday of football.  His slap was for good luck filming the “God, Country, Notre Dame: The Story of Fr. Ted Hesburgh” HDTV documentary for The Hallmark Channel and PBS.

Craig at The University of Notre Dame

Craig at Notre Dame in front of the God, Country, Notre Dame arch.

Water Taxi in Venice

Craig on wooden motor launch taxi in Venice.

Sistine Chapel Filming for “The Face”

Voyager crew setting up shots in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for “The Face”, Directed and Produced by Craig MacGowan.

Filming of “The Face”

Director/Producer Craig MacGowan, DGA and DP Dean Cundey, ASC, CSC filming another of hundreds of shots for the two-hour Emmy Award-winning “The Face: Jesus in Art” which has had over 6,000 airings on PBS HDTV outlets. The production changed the way higher-end documentaries are done.

Sistine Chapel Filming Up Close

Voyager Productions, Ltd. crew, assisted by Vatican crew set up 60 foot scaffold to get up close and personal shots of Michelangelo’s Last Judgement. This allowed us to be directly across from the painting of Christ at the center of the wall.

Sistine Chapel

Craig MacGowan, Director/Producer of the two-hour Emmy Award-winning “The Face: Jesus in Art” inside the Sistine Chapel.

Chevy Shoot

Craig with world-famous Director Cameraman Jeff Zwart by camera car for Chevrolet shoot for agency Cambell-Ewald.

Chevy Blazer Action Shot

Craig loves those “body bag” action shots. More water, more mud, more sales!

Red One 3D

Director/Producer Craig MacGowan checks out a 3D camera rig using two Red cameras.  He will be Co-Directing and Producing
the 2010 upcoming Voyager Productions, Ltd., Inc. project “American Railroad 3D!”  2009 Cine Gear Expo.

Craig and DC-3

Craig in front of a specially lit DC-3 airplane for a Chevrolet Geo commercial. Shot at Van Nuys airport.

Craig and Director Terry Windell

Craig and Director Terry Windell conference about next shot in massive Chevrolet S10 commercial package for Campbell-Ewald.

Voyager Productions Office

Small part of the Voyager Productions, Ltd. Inc. post suites in Glendale, CA.

“THE” Time Ball

Craig and Mirhan Miranian of the USNO in front of the “time ball” used to bring in the Millennium.

U.S. Naval Observatory

Craig with Mihran Miranian of The United States Naval Observtory take a GPS reading in back of The Observatory at time of the Millennium. Time and frequency measurement (atomic time) is a hobby of MacGowan.

Chevrolet S10 “Mountain Climber” Shoot

Wide vista showing production of Chevrolet Blazer commercial “Mountain Climber” produced by Craig MacGowan for Campbell-Ewald Advertising in Warren, Michigan. Motion Picture Director/Cameraman Zack Snyder directed the commercial which was part of a package of launch commercials. If you zoom in you can see the mountain climbers on the right of the photo.
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Jim Clifton and Craig MacGowan at Henninger HD Post

James D. Clifton, PhD, head writer of the Emmy award-winning “The Face: Jesus in Art” with Director/Producer Craig MacGowan at Henninger HD post production studio in Arlington, Virginia. The two have now teamed on three projects with more on the way.

Emmy

Director/Producer Craig F. MacGowan and DP Dean Cundey, ASC, CSC celebrate Dean’s Emmy award for best cinematography for “The Face: Jesus in Art” at the Emmy’s in Los Angeles.

Creative Camping on Stage for Chevrolet

Craig MacGowan, while Sr. V.P. Executive Producer for Campbell-Ewald, Detroit, MI, on set of Chevy Blazer package with The Artists Company in Los Angeles. Wide shots and running shots were exterior while close-ups were on stage sets matching the locations for perfect vehicle lighting.  Pictured are from left are (the late) Don Gould, Executive Creative [...]

Millenial Year Countdown at the USNO

Craig F. MacGowan (guest) with Mihran Miranian (United States Naval Observatory Time & Frequency Measurement Department) next to the digital countdown clock at the front gate of the Observatory.  They were there for the Millenial Year Celebration December 31st in Washington, DC. A great “time” was had by all.

DP Bill Bennett

Craig with one of his very favorite DP’s for car filming, Bill Bennett. They were among the first to make  the big switch to HD cameras and post. Two real ahead of the curve guys.

Craig MacGowan with Director Terry C. Windell

Craig MacGowan with Boss Film Studios director Terry C. Windell on location for a Dodge shoot for BBDO Detroit.

Colour Grading at “Home” with Colin Peters in Soho, London

Director/Producer Craig F. MacGowan with Colin Peters, chief colour grader at Home, Soho, London working on”The Face in HD. The Emmy Award-winning two-hour documentary was one of the first ground breaking HDTV releases on PBS. Since then it has had over 6,000 airings on PBS stations and been a DVD release success.

Craig’s Favorite Ride…Helicopters!