Kevin McKinney

The Good Mentor

2012-01-31T11:56:00.000-08:00

Bill Gilbert (1944-2012) groomed others for greatness. I don't know that I always lived up to that; but it was nice to have a mentor with such expectations. He did this for countless grips, gaffers, electricians, cinematographers and film-makers. It grew his business and the film industry as a whole.
Here we are on the set of a western picture with his wife Nancy.

Tomas Update

2009-05-29T11:13:00.001-07:00

Tomas Update, originally uploaded by kevinmckinney.org.

It's been several years since we finished "Body of War". Tomas Young who the film follows looks like this today. He may be smiling but his message is dark. Since the movie, an aneurysm (related to his injury) has caused partial paralysis in his hands and his speech is now garbled. Donahue wanted to show that the costs of war are even greater than what the film shows. This epilogue that we shot will not be on the DVD. That was cost-prohibative since the DVD is already out . This will show at future film festivals during the Q&A and hopefully on youtube too.

Why I like my Job

2009-05-26T12:49:00.000-07:00

Why I like my Job, originally uploaded by kevinmckinney.org.

I use this technique when I do hard hitting interviews (not really). Actress Julane Havens was pretending to feed a fussy baby.