Greg MacLennan

Greg MacLennan’s story is what you’d call a weird, winding path through the trenches of film geekdom. Born in Ottawa—yep, the Canadian capital, which is not exactly Hollywood North—he somehow landed in Texas for college, picking the University of Texas at Austin and diving headfirst into Radio-Television and Film. If you’ve ever spent afternoons arguing about VHS tapes in the backroom of a video store, you’d know what Greg’s early days looked like: endless stacks of tapes, probably some questionable popcorn, and more opinions about movies than anyone asked for. After UT, he bounced around writing for a bunch of websites that, honestly, don’t even exist anymore (RIP early internet film culture), and he even slogged through some gigs on TV shows that he’s probably glad nobody remembers. Then, things started to click. He landed at Alamo Drafthouse, the legendary cinema chain, first running the video department and programming movies—basically, living every film nerd’s dream. That gig snowballed into work with Drafthouse Films as their A/V Creative Director. He brought his signature style and weird sense of humor to the trailers and promos, making even the oddball movies look irresistible. Eventually, Greg hopped over to NEON, also as their A/V Creative Director, right as the company started making big waves in indie film. Somewhere along the way, he picked up editing, cutting shorts and features with the same offbeat energy he brought to programming. Basically, Greg turned his lifelong obsession with movies into a career, one late-night screening at a time.