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Canadian filmmaker and genre screenwriter based in Los Angeles, Gavin Heffernan frequently collaborates with Adam Robitel. Their co-writing credits include the psychological horror hit The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) for Paramount Pictures, and an upcoming supernatural thriller produced by Sam Raimi for Sony. On television, Heffernan and Robitel are developing an original horror series with Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures.
Heffernan is also recognized for directing experimental visual works, mainly timelapse photography, which have been prominently featured during The Rolling Stones' 2015-2016 concerts, the 2016 Roger Waters tour, and Paul Simon's 2018 Homeward Bound Farewell Tour.
A graduate of McGill University and the American Film Institute, Heffernan made his independent debut by writing, directing, and starring in the micro-budget feature Expiration (2003). The $10,000 Montreal-based film garnered attention from Variety, Film Festival Today, and Ain't It Cool News, won the Grand Prize at the 2004 Canadian Filmmakers Festival in Toronto, and was later hailed by The Film Journal as "the first major work of the Student-DV New Wave."
Heffernan’s experimental timelapse work has been showcased on Virgin America, BBC Earth, five seasons of Bravo’s Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014), and numerous media outlets including TIME Magazine, CNN, National Geographic, CBS News, and WIRED. His footage has also appeared in the Science Channel’s Alien Encounters (2013), Travel Channel’s Trip Flip (2012), and the acclaimed LGBT documentary Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (2014).
In addition, Heffernan has directed and produced several successful short and experimental films. His unconventional anti-war film Grand Wheel (2008), which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, screened at over forty festivals across more than fifteen countries. It earned the Silver Bear at the 37th Festival of Nations in Austria, Best Cinematography at the 2008 Canadian Filmmakers' Festival, and Best Experimental Film at the 2009 Oxford Film Festival. His collection of experimental HD shorts titled Devolution (2010) won the Audience Choice Award at the 2010 HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles. Its sequel, Devolution: Reckoning (2011), a sci-fi homage about UFOs attacking Earth, premiered at Montreal’s Festival Nouveau Cinema and was featured in over fifteen subsequent festivals.
