A lot of people write their bios in the third person.
Mac Cushing isn’t one of them. For the past seven years I’ve been writing and directing short form comedy, horror comedy, or just plain weird stuff in both video and comics and I’ve been working in film and television for twelve years in one capacity or another, and before that I was an ironworker. I’d like to think that dropping out of film school was the diploma. While I usually direct stuff I’ve written myself I’d probably be into directing something for you, if, you know, you let me get weird with it. How weird you say? Come, look around the website, take in its content, discover its meaning, and then potentially pay me to direct a video project for you.
I also have published written work for sale. It’s like my video work, but the video is in your mind. Except the comic books. Then the video is on the page.
New Story co-written with Eric Powell in Spook House available now!
Projects I’ve Directed
Additional Projects by Mac Cushing
Some of my short fiction is available in print. Some with Pictures. Some Without.
A mish-mash of my short films. Some of them won awards. Most didn't. But I love them no matter how mediocre my children are. And that's how me and your mom are alike.
A potpourri of my acting and directing efforts that has a heady bouquet and a nutty finish.
You ever wish you could just watch videos of me talking about my projects?
Well I got you fam.
Awards & Recognition
PILOT: AGENTS OF FORTUNE
THE BASEMENT
PILOT: THE BASEMENT
THE FULL MOON
THE BASEMENT
THE FULL MOON
Of Luxury Prestige III…
“...the sketch series Luxury Prestige III returns after a major overhaul. While the format remains the same — the bill features three live sketches and three videos submitted by local comedians, and the audience will vote to determine who gets the grand prize — it’s no longer the throw-and-go, open-mic style presentation that enjoyed a three-year run at The East Room. All the sketches have been vetted beforehand and produced by Agents of Fortune creator Mac Cushing, raising the bar for everyone involved.”
— The Nashville Scene
On Agents of Fortune…
“Anything as nutty and ambitious as The Agents of Fortune — Mac Cushing and Dean Shortland’s hybrid live-action/film series in which a gaggle of top local talent performs in the ongoing saga of two CIA agents assigned to lie low in Music City — was bound to catch our attention.”
— The Nashville Scene
Of Cushing & Acquaintances…
These days, I hear a lot from my peers about two related desires: One, to stay better informed and support the dissemination of actual facts, and two, to laugh to keep from crying about what we learn every day in the news. The latest project from Mac Cushing, who you’ll know from the action-comedy serial The Agents of Fortune, comes at the right time to satisfy those among us who open the front page of The New York Times with a little trepidation.
— The Nashville Scene
Contact Mac Cushing
If you'd like to get ahold of me in regards to work, or if you just want to talk about stuff like girls who have broken our hearts or The Matrix, I can be reached by the following means:
Email: Mac.Cushing@gmail.com
Phone: (315) 247-9002
References available upon request.