Chris McCaleb
| Chris McCaleb | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 14, 1978 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, editor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | ChrisMcCaleb.com |
| Internet information | |
| Web hosting service(s) | MySpace, YouTube, Veoh, Podcast |
Chris McCaleb (born March 14, 1978) is an American film and television director, producer and editor, best known as the co-creator of the web series Prom Queen and co-host of the New Mediacracy podcast. In recent years, McCaleb has been Emmy-nominated for editing on the television series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
McCaleb was born in Evanston, Illinois, but grew up primarily in Tucson, AZ. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2000 with a degree in Film Production. After college, McCaleb worked in post-production and as an editor and assistant editor, most notably under filmmakers Michael Mann and John Sayles.
In 2006, while working for Michael Mann on the film Miami Vice, McCaleb was approached by co-worker Chris Hampel to join fellow filmmakers Douglas Cheney and Ryan Wise and producer Marcus Blakely in an experiment: an 80-episode serialized drama for the internet. The experiment came to be known as Sam Has 7 Friends.
The story followed aspiring actress Samantha Breslow, and her relationships with each of her seven friends. The series ran from August 28 to December 15, 2006, when one of Sam's seven friends murdered her.
Produced on a total budget of $50,000, the series garnered nearly 3 Million views during its initial run, and landed McCaleb and his co-creators representation at United Talent Agency, which had just begun to look for talent online.
During the production of "Sam Has 7 Friends," McCaleb, Cheney, Hampel and Wise formed the filmmaking collective and production company Big Fantastic, specializing in the creation and production of high-quality scripted online programming.
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