Garry MacLean

Background

About Garry MacLean

Garry MacLean was born Garry Edward Joseph MacLean in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Growing up Garry reveled in drama during his school years. Once high school was completed however he found himself settling into the 9-5 work life. It wasn't till 2011 when he had the opportunity to work background on the set of the Canadian hit series Heartland (2007) that his passion was re-kindled. Since this time he has worked diligently to learn as much as he can to improve his craft. The hard work paid off in short order landing a dual role in the stage play A Tannenbaum Tale in the fall of 2012. He continued doing background work on TV shows such as Hell on Wheels (2011) and the Discovery Channels mini-series Klondike (2014), learning as much as he could from cast and crew members. From there Garry landed his first film speaking role on the TV series Go Fish in the same year. Fast forward to 2016 when Garry landed a role in 2 episodes of the SyFy channels Wynonna Earp (2016) during season 1. It doesn't end there, Garry's most recent lead role in the short film Pocket Full of Nuts (2017) has won 5 separate festival awards in the film noir category. His passion has developed beyond working in front of the camera. He has since started writing and producing his own projects. Divine Intervention (2015) was the first film Garry wrote and produced. This was followed up as co-producer of the film Ripples (2016). He has gone one to write and produce numerous other projects. Although Garry has taken the reigns as a director on the short Sex Therapy (2017) he has admitted that it is not a role that suits him. In 2018, Garry created and hosts the online talk show Talent Talk (2018). After it's first season the show went on hiatus due to funding concerns. The show made a come back when Covid hit as it transitioned from an in person interview show to a live streamed remote interview show. This opened opportunities to interview a whole new level of guests such as Ty Olsson, Vik Sahay and Michelle Thrush. 2019 was a break out year for Garry as a producer and writer with the release of his short horror film Yard Sale (2019). Yard Sale was the recipient of multiple best suspense/horror awards at various global festivals. It received numerous other nominations including best cinematography, best music and best actor for Garry. Co-star Shawna Pliva McGill was the recipient of a best actress award for her portrayal of Claire in the film.