Documentaries

Cinematographer Gregg McLachlan
Co-Producers Gregg McLachlan and Cynthia Brink / WorkCabin Films / 50 minutes

Destiny Wild – The Return is an upcoming conservation documentary that follows the remarkable journey of species and ecosystems reclaiming their place in the wild. Set against the backdrop of landscapes undergoing restoration, the film explores the dedicated efforts of conservationists, Indigenous leaders, and scientists working to restore balance to nature. From reintroducing keystone species, to species returning on their own, to reviving lost habitats, Destiny Wild – The Return captures the triumphs and challenges of bringing wildlife back to the land. Through breathtaking cinematography and inspiring storytelling, this documentary showcases the resilience of nature and the people committed to ensuring its future.

Cinematographer Gregg McLachlan
Co-Producers Gregg McLachlan and Cynthia Brink / WorkCabin Films / 49 minutes

Keeping The Wild is a story about what we stand to lose and what we still have time to protect.

In a world where wild spaces are disappearing, this film explores the fragile balance between humans and nature, and the urgent need to preserve what remains. Through intimate storytelling and powerful imagery, Keeping The Wild takes you into the heart of conservation in one of Canada’s most unique landscapes surrounded by nearby rapidly growing urbanization. It’s where passion, resilience, and hope collide. This is more than a film about wildlife. It’s about connection. It’s about responsibility. It’s about the choices we make right now that will shape the future of the natural world.

Cinematographer Gregg McLachlan
Co-Producers Gregg McLachlan and Cynthia Brink / WorkCabin Films / 50 minutes

RATTLED takes viewers deep into one of southern Ontario’s largest remaining wetlands. Beneath its quiet surface lives one of Canada’s most misunderstood reptiles: the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Surrounded by one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, this fragile landscape faces increasing pressure from development, industry, and human activity. Yet within the bog, the Massasauga continues to persist. Through the work of researchers and conservationists, RATTLED explores the hidden life of this remarkable snake and the delicate wetland ecosystem it calls home. Their efforts are helping scientists better understand how the species survives in a changing landscape — and what it will take to ensure its future. Beautiful, mysterious, and often misunderstood, the Massasauga is a powerful reminder that even in places under pressure, wild stories are still unfolding.

Currently in Production

Cinematographer Gregg McLachlan
Co-Producers Gregg McLachlan and Cynthia Brink / WorkCabin Films / 50 minutes

In the shallow waters of Lake Erie, a fish older than most modern species is still quietly holding on. The Spotted Gar has lived in these waters since long before shorelines were altered and wetlands disappeared. Today, only a few populations remain in Ontario, scattered, vulnerable, and easy to overlook. Giigoonh | The Last Quiet Waters, a WorkCabin Films independent conservation documentary, follows a researcher who has spent years returning to the same waters, season after season, studying a species that doesn’t announce itself and rarely draws attention. The work is slow. Sometimes uncertain. And essential.

Currently in production.

Cinematographer Gregg McLachlan
Co-Producers Gregg McLachlan and Cynthia Brink / WorkCabin Films / 19 minutes

Saving The Night Caller (Filmmaker’s Cut) is a conservation documentary that sheds light on the urgent fight to protect one of nature’s most elusive birds — the Eastern Whip-poor-will. The documentary is currently being shown at select events and film festivals. Filmed in the heart of its dwindling habitat, this film explores the mysterious world of this nocturnal bird, whose haunting calls once filled the night but are now fading due to habitat loss and environmental change. Through the perspectives of wildlife researchers, Saving The Night Caller (Filmmaker’s Cut) uncovers the critical efforts to study, restore, and safeguard the landscapes this species depends on.

Cinematographer and Producer Gregg McLachlan / WorkCabin Films / 16 minutes

The Bird House is a captivating conservation documentary filmed at the tip of Long Point, one of North America’s most significant bird migration corridors. This film takes viewers inside the Long Point Bird Observatory, the oldest bird migration monitoring station in the Western Hemisphere, where dedicated researchers and volunteers work tirelessly amid the effects of climate change and high water storms to track, band, and study thousands of migratory birds each season. Through stunning visuals and intimate storytelling, The Bird House showcases the Observatory’s struggle with the ever-changing natural world living and working on an isolated 32-kilometre sandspit stretching far into the middle of Lake Erie.