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Mac McAllister Biography
Education: Brooks Institute of Photography Santa Barbara, CA
Eastern Washington University Spokane, WA
Sorbonne Paris, France
University of Washington Seattle, WA
Mac McAllister has a diverse media background. He attended Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, and in the 60s covering a wide spectrum of events, from the emergence of the cool jazz scene in LA, to racial unrest and the Black Panther Party in San Francisco. His
photographs and articles appeared in several local and national publications, including
a record cover for Pacific Jazz Records.
In the 70s, Mac added an entirely new artistic direction, and was a radio DJ at KYAC in Seattle, Washington, and had the first jazz show on AM radio. He then became a TV journalist at an ABC-TV affiliate in Spokane, Washington. He covered a wide spectrum of stories, from producing and directing a special of the William Jones Basketball Tournament in Taipei, Taiwan to the
Aryan Nations in Idaho. Seeking a new direction, Mac returned to school to pursue a career in screenwriting, and spent his third year at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Returning to the University of Washington for his final year, he won the prestigious Academy of Arts and Sciences Nicholl Screenwriting Regional Award, and was a first round semi finalist.
His digital photo exhibit and videos have been selected for Art Expo International in Italy, and the Urban Flesh and Blood Exhibit, organized by the Kaliningrad Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Arts which will be held, in Kaliningrad, Russia September, 2005. Mac was one of the few American artist selected for these international competitions. He currently has a screenplay in development, and working on other art exhibits.