I receive dozens of emails every year from aspiring young filmmakers wondering how to break into the field of becoming a conservation filmmaker. So here goes, my best advice. It’s not an easy path. There’s no...
This October, we packed up our gear — not for another shoot — but for a journey across the border. Filmmaker Gregg McLachlan and co-producer Cynthia Brink of WorkCabin Films travelled to Marquette, Michigan, for...
A pair of WorkCabin Films documentaries, The Bird House and Saving The Night Caller | Uncovering Echoes in The Dark, have been announced as Official Selections for the Fresh Coast Film Festival October 16-19,...
This might not be a welcomed read for your conservation nonprofit's communications team. But it needs to be heard in this age of generating neverending volumes of social media content. Content isn't a story. Full...
At WorkCabin Films, we're knee-deep in a year of powerful storytelling, immersed in wild places, and lending our lens to voices that too often go unheard. With three new conservation documentaries now in production,...
Sometimes (actually often!) there are conservation stories that need to be captured now. Not next year. That's definitely a reality for some projects that WorkCabin Films is pursuing in 2025. We started chasing these...
This is a time of year that I absolutely love as a conservation filmmaker. It's no secret that here in Canada the bulk of a conservation cinematographer's work is late May through October when...
Is your conservation organization thinking about using storytelling to communicate the importance of your work in Canada? Before you even get to the stage of commissioning a documentary, there are key considerations that you...
The WorkCabin Films Original Documentary Saving The Night Caller is a hauntingly beautiful conservation documentary that follows filmmaker Gregg McLachlan deep into the forests of Norfolk County in southwestern Ontario to uncover the mysterious...
We've all seen the comments beneath social media posts by professional conservation filmmakers. "Wow, living the dream! I wish I could just travel and film wildlife all day!" "You get paid to hang out in beautiful...
