Maggie McKeown's Portfolio
Maggie McKeown
Storyteller and film lover
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A Bit About Me
In May of 2019, I graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature. A few years later, in 2021, I enrolled in a certificate program at New York University on the Essentials of the Film and Television Industry. I consider myself to be thorough and detail-oriented, hardworking, independent, and extremely willing and excited to learn!!
Film and filmmaking are the two constants in my life. I've always been attracted to art in all of its forms, so in the post-quarantine world, when I challenged myself to pinpoint what excited me the most in life and how I could make a career for myself in that area, it was a quick and direct decision for me.
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Growing up, my favorite writers were Hugh Prather and Ken Kesey. The most prominent films from my childhood are Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound of Music (1965), It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Herbie: The Love Bug (1968), and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003-2007). As I've gotten older, without forgetting my roots, my favorite books have further evolved from Notes to Myself and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest to East of Eden, Call Me By Your Name, and The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois. These days, my favorite films are also East of Eden (1955) and Call Me By Your Name (2017), as well as Good Will Hunting (1997), Rocky (1976), and Walk The Line (2005). Ask me about my film opinions because I could go on for days!
Work Experience
November 2022
July 2022 to September 2022
August 2022
March 2022
March 2023
May to June 2023
Palmetto Park RI Productions and Paramount Pictures: Additional Set PA and Content PA on the set of Good Burger 2. Role responsibilities included lock-ups, gaffing vans, and occasionally lightly supporting the Safety Consultant Bobby King. Director: Phillip Traill, UPM: Luke Ramsey, 1st AD: Ross Novie, Key 2nd AD: Kenneth Donaldson, 2nd
2nd AD: Tyrell Taylor, Key PA: Nate Walker, Walkie PA: Sarah Angeloni, Cast/First Team PA: Taylor Bennett
Versus Productions: Production Assistant on the last day of the three-day shoot for a PSA docuseries about ending gun violence. Role responsibilities included administering rapid COVID tests, setting up PPE, crafty runs, resetting set between takes, shipping equipment back to rental companies, and insuring all releases are signed and forwarded to producers. Director: Damien Drake, UPM: Paul Stuart
Set Production Assistant on the set of Cherry Pie, a graduate thesis film written and directed by Jenny Reed, a UCLA graduate student. Role responsibilities included shopping for, setting up, and maintaining crafty, keeping set and holding areas clean and organized, running errands when needed, picking up rental equipment and delivering it to set, transporting crew members from the airport to the hotel, working on 2nd team as a stand-in for the lead actress, and assisting the AD, art department, and producers with anything they might need.
Director, screenwriter, producer, and editor of my first short film, A Dog Without Shame. Also collaborated with Bridget Wixted as director of photography.
Assistant Producer on Bridget Wixted's short comedy film, The Big White Veil Mistake. Role responsibilities include slate, maintaining sound log throughout the shoot, ensuring continuity of the set, hair, and makeup for each take, set photography (using a Sony Alpha a6000), transporting crew members to the set, running any necessary errands, and supporting the crew and, particularly, the producer, Rebecca Wixted, with anything she might need. Click here to check out the sneak peek of this short!
Storyboard designer for the short horror film Stay, starring, written and directed by Angelica Rosa. This project explores themes of mental illness and suicidal ideation through the main character, Elena. Before production was shut down due to COVID, I was assigned the task of completing the storyboard for this project.