Bert McKinley - Director/Motion Designer

Space - Viewer Discretion

Client: SPACE

Role: Director, DOP, design, animation, compositing and all post-production.

Project: New branded viewer advisory disclaimers for the SPACE television channel.

MTV Movie Awards - Scene Card Promo

Client: MTV/Scene

Roles: On-set VFX supervisor, 3D, design, animation, compositing.

Project: Television contest promo on MTV.

MTV Careless Teens - Show Open + Bumpers

Client: MTV

Role: Writer, director, DOP, camera, editor, animation, logo design, colour grade, sound design.

Project: Show open and packaging for MTV Careless Teens television series.

MuchMusic - TV Idents

Client: MuchMusic

Role: Design, animation, sound design.

Project: Series of television idents for MuchMusic

Snadwiches

Client: N/A

Roles: Director, illustrator, animator, audio, music.

Project: Short animated documentary about sandwiches.

MTV Movie Awards - Clean and Clear Promo

Client: MTV/Clean and Clear

Roles: On-set VFX supervisor, 3D, design, animation, compositing.

Project: Television contest promo on MTV.

MTV Holiday Funtime Campaign

Client: MTV

Role: 3D, design, animation, compositing.

Project: MTV Christmas holiday television compaign.

2012 MuchMusic Video Awards - Nominee Packs

Client: MuchMusic

Role: Writer, irector, DOP, camera, editor, design, VFX, animation, compositing (See Vimeo for full crew credits).

Project: Nominee packs for live television music award show, the MMVA's

2012 MuchMusic Video Awards - Show Open

Client: MuchMusic

Role: Writer, director, DOP, camera, editor, design, VFX, animation, compositing (See Vimeo for full crew credits).

Project: Show open for live television music award show, the MMVA's

2012 MuchMusic Video Awards - Show Package

2011 Polaris Music Prize

Client: MuchMusic

Role: Director, camera, design, animation, compositing, all post-production and sound design.

Project: Television show package for the 2011 Polaris Awards broadcast on MuchMusic.

The Occupation

Role: Director, DOP, camera, editor, colour grade.

In early October 2011 I went down to New York City to spend a long weekend at Zuccotti park - Campsite for Occupy Wall Street. This is what I saw and some of people I talked to in my 3 days spent at Occupy

Run on Sentences

Role: Director, DOP, camera, editor, post production, colour grade.

One drunken night running around downtown Toronto looking for some wasted ramblings and sub-par conversation to document.

The Human Project

Role: Director, DOP, editor, design, post production.

An experimental documentaries that exploring the absurdity of life and the human condition. In this episode two stories. People who have found dead bodies randomly, and people who have weird scars.

On Set with Tokyo Police Club

Role: Director, camera, editor.

Short "making of" documentary for Tokyo Police Club's music video Wait Up (Boots of Danger).

If you have any questions or comments about my work or are interested in hiring me for a job contact me by email at:

bertmckinley@gmail.com

Bert McKinley Stockholm Director / Motion Designer

Bert McKinley is a Canadian freelance director and motion designer living in Stockholm, Sweden. Previously, he has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker and a designer/director at MTV and MuchMusic. Bert's work has taken him around North America from Toronto to New York to Los Angeles and now Europe in pursuit of fresh and interesting freelance projects. Bert has a uniquely vast skill set for video production and handles all phases of a project, beginning to end. His eye for abstract visuals and never ending creative curiosity has grown a diverse portfolio of high end creative commercial and broadcast work on television, film and the web.

Bert's ideal client is one that seeks collaboration to make inspired and groundbreaking creative content or branding. One who understands that a certain level of creative freedom and trust is essential to grow great ideas. Bert currently works out of Stockholm, but is happy to take on projects from around Europe or the rest of the world, working remotely online. He is also willing to travel for the right job.

Clients Include:

Awards:

2013 Promax Broadcast Design Awards - Gold: Total Package Art Direction and Design - 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards.

2013 Promax Broadcaset Design Awards Gold: Art Direction & Design: Program informational graphics - 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards.

Toronto Youth Shorts Film Fest - Best Film, Best Editing, Best audio - The Human Project.

2010 Ryerson Television & Radio Awards - Best Video - The Human Project.

2009 Ryerson Television & Radio Awards - Best Digital Media - Snadwiches.

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