AWARD WINNING film-maker OCullen, began his career as a cameraman in his hometown of Charlotte, NC, where the first commercial he shot won a Clio Award. Over a span of twenty years, he has won every major award in the advertising community, including the Atlanta Ad Club’s "Best of Show" on three occasions; several Clios for the Atlanta Ballet; and numerous other national, regional, and international awards. He worked with George Lucas at ILM, based in San Francisco, CA. Recruited to work exclusively for MacGuffin Films, OCullen expanded his client list to include international companies in London, Paris, Milan, Rome, Hong Kong, Sidney, Wellington and Tokyo. 

 

He has also worked as a screenplay writer, selling an original work to Madonna’s production company, Maverick Entertainment. More recently he’s worked as a creative lead for a tv series being shopped among major networks.

 

"I have spent the last thirty years competing on an international level learning the craft of visual story-telling in many cultures. In a nutshell, I have extensively  studied lives of those cultures, how color evokes emotions and how to use light to shape and bring a beautiful planet into a compelling simple frame.” 

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Ocullen's art has shown in galleries in Savannah, New York, Montreal, and Las Vegas.