Gavin Free

Gavin Free
Gavin Free at RTX 2016
Born	Gavin David Free (1988-05-23) May 23, 1988 (age 28) Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Residence	Austin, Texas, US
Nationality	British
Occupation	Producer, director, cinematographer, actor
Years active	2006–present
Known for	The Slow Mo Guys Achievement Hunter Rooster Teeth
Partner(s)	Meg Turney (2013–present)

Gavin David Free (born 23 May 1988) is an English actor, director, cinematographer, and YouTube personality. Originally from Thame in Oxfordshire, he is best known for his work at the Austin, Texas-based production company Rooster Teeth – where he formerly served as creative director – featuring in many of their projects, including the Achievement Hunter gaming division. He directed season 7 of Red vs. Blue, as well as its miniseries Relocated.

Free is also known as the co-creator and co-host of the YouTube-based web series The Slow Mo Guys, alongside his friend Daniel Gruchy. The Slow Mo Guys features slow-motion footage of various stunts and experiments, garnering over 970 million views since it launched in 2010. In April 2011, the channel was voted the winner of YouTube's On The Rise program, which highlights up-and-coming YouTube partners on the homepage. In September 2012, their episode involving crushing watermelons was featured on The Tonight Show. Free has appeared alongside Gruchy in the annual YouTube Rewind series since 2013 . Free was nominated for a Webby Award in the Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video) category for his work on The Slow Mo Guys on April 5, 2016.

He is also known for his slow motion cinematography work for films, including Hot Fuzz (2007), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and Dredd (2012). Free has also worked on slow-motion footage for the BBC show Top Gear. At the 2016 Streamy Awards, Free won for Cinematography.