Genre screenwriter, experimental filmmaker, and dark sky advocate, Gavin is best known for co-writing the macabre found footage horror film THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3D: THE GHOST DIMENSION for Paramount / Blumhouse. Collaborations include projects with Sam Raimi's Ghost House and Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures, as well as a number of new spooky horror works in development with Gavin's co-writer Adam Robitel.
Gavin's innovative timelapse work can also be seen across a number of different mediums, including concert screens for THE ROLLING STONES and PINK FLOYD'S ROGER WATERS, TV Shows and Documentaries for HBO, and many media outlets like TIME, National Geographic, New York Times, and WIRED.
His current venture PARKLIGHT is a series of timelapse short films aimed at raising awareness for America's vulnerable National Parks system. See more of that project here.
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In 2017, Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic completed SKYGLOW, a crowdfunded book and Blu Ray project to tackle the rising danger and damage of urban light pollution. The endeavor generated significant publicity as Gavin and Harun crossed the continents in a grueling quest to raise awareness by photographing the planet's endangered skyscapes.
Efforts are currently underway to turn this project into a feature film and giant screen presentation.
Other credits for Gavin's timelapses include BBC Earth, Virgin America flights, HBO's ICE ON FIRE, BRAVO's GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE, and many more through the years. The town of Borrego Springs, California named the 2014 edition of their annual festival after Gavin's BORREGO STARDANCE astrophotography time-lapse and October 25th was named "Gavin Heffernan Day" in San Diego County.
