Cameron McCasland (born August 24, 1981, in

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, US) is an American

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.. Retrieved November 30, 2008.

Career

In 2007 McCasland directed a video for

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's music video, ''Fashionable'' from the album Shine Honesty released by

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. It is currently playing on demand at Mtv.ca after making the rounds on the festival circuit. It won best music video honors at the

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in Jackson, Mississippi, and Fearless Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as taking the Silver Remi at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival in

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, Texas. In 2008 McCasland was nominated for a Regional

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in advanced media writing for ''Trash Day of the Dead'' which he wrote and directed for the '"Go Green With Dr. Gangrene" campaign. McCasland did a series of ''Go Green'' shorts, which garnered several national awards, and which received citations from Tennessee Governor

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, and the Nashville City Council. McCasland became the first recipient of the Vasaria Public Service Award at the

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alongside Chiller Cinema. McCasland has directed multiple episodes of

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's Creature Feature which airs on Nashville's CW affiliate,

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. He has worked with Larry Underwood (who portrays Doctor Gangrene), as an actor on the show as well as appearing as himself on the half-hour show ''Chiller Cinema'' (the show changed titles when it moved to a two-hour format). He has provided movie reviews and articles to the show's website, which also won a Rondo Award at the

in 2005. In 2009 McCasland directed the debut music video for the Numerics song ''Precious Time'', which received the Golden Hermes award. On April 19, 2014, McCasland debuted ''The Lashman'' at the Full Moon Horror Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. McCasland wrote, produced, and directed the film. ''The Lashman'' was nominated for Best Independent Film at the 13th annual

. It won a Matchflick Flicker Award for “Best Throwback Film of 2014”. McCasland won Indie Director Of The Year at the 2015 Individual TV Awards for the film.. And in 2025, he was inducted into the Official Horror Host Hall of Fame in the category of "Behind the Screams".

Personal life

While in Nashville he met Jessica Evans, whom he married in his hometown of

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on Flag Day, June 14, 2003.. Retrieved February 14, 2008. Their daughter, Marie McCasland, was born in December 2004. Their second daughter Roxie McCasland was born only hours after McCasland returned home from the 2008 CMT Music Awards in April 2008. They separated in September 2011, and finalized their divorce in July 2013. On October 10, 2014, he married Jamie Easterwood.

References

External links

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Official website for Dr. Gangrene's Creature Feature
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