Gavin Heffernan

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On set in Los Angeles (2007)

Gavin Heffernan (born April 2, 1980 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian independent filmmaker.

He wrote, directed, and acted in two feature films, The Steaks (2000) and Expiration (2004), both filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec. Expiration was a popular draw on the film festival circuit, and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Canadian Filmmakers' Festival in 2004.

Heffernan is an alumnus of McGill University and the AFI Conservatory, and a voting member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television

His AFI Thesis Film Santa Croce [1] was co-financed by Executive Producers Michael Huffington and Steve Bing
and distributed Worldwide on December 16, 2007 through Itunes and Shorts International .

In 2007, Heffernan co-founded The Film Summit [2],an event dedicated to preserving film relations between Hollywood and Canada,
featuring works from Canadian Film Centre and the American Film Institute.

His experimental film about the Peace Movement in the USA titled Grand Wheel is slated to premiere at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival

Production Company Sunchaser Pictures based in Hollywood, CA.