Kristen McGary's feature directorial debut, “The Adventures of Ociee Nash”, starring Keith Carradine and Mare Winningham, was distributed by 20th Century Fox for DVD/Home Video release, HBO Central Europe and Netflix. The script for “Ociee Nash” adapted by Kristen and Amy McGary from a Milam McGraw Propst novel, won the Southeastern Mediamakers Award from IMAGE (now Atlanta Film Society). “Ociee” also won an iParenting Media Award and was awarded five doves by the Dove Foundation. “Ociee” was named in the top twenty sales of family feature films for home video rental in Video Business Magazine (Jan, 2006). McGary's short film “Rain” was awarded a 2016 Accolade Award for Excellence: Women Filmmakers, and was selected along with 30 international films to be presented worldwide in the Women in Film International Shortcase (2016). “Rain” was also the official selection for a program sponsored by Actor's Express (Atlanta) and won the Audience Award at Women in Film and Television Atlanta's 2014 Showcase. McGary won a 2006 CINE Golden Eagle Award and was nominated for a 2008 Southeastern Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing: Short Form for "The Intruder Within" for the GA Coalition Against Domestic Violence. McGary is one of a handful of directors also shooting their own work. McGary is a member of the DGA, Directing category, IATSE, Women in Film and Television Atlanta and Film Fatales, Atlanta.
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