MacGillivray Freeman

What a night at GSCA 2026! 🏆✨ Our film Call of the Dolphins took home Best Film, Best Cinematography & Best Sound Design! Huge congrats to our distribution team for winning Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor! 🙌What a celebration for giant-screen storytelling ❤️

Imagine spending a year figuring out how to bolt an IMAX camera onto a fighter jet For the film, we worked with the Blue Angels and Boeing to mount IMAX cameras on F/A-18s traveling 700+ mph. After a year of engineering we got the first-ever IMAX exterior footage from a Hornet

Ready for takeoff ✈️🔥This Thursday, The Magic of Flight screens at the Rivian South Coast Theater! From flying with the Blue Angels to mounting IMAX cameras on fighter jets, this film pushed every limit in the air and behind the lens 🎥

Summer + bikes + national parks = undefeated combo 🚲☀️🌿 Behind the scenes of National Parks Adventure, riding slickrock outside Arches NP—endless sandstone “trails” and unreal views. No rush, just wind, wheels, and wide-open space. Go take the long way 🚴‍♂️💚

Redwoods in National Parks Adventure feel like another world 🌲✨ Some of Earth’s biggest trees pushed the crew to get creative—using wire camera systems just to capture their scale. Slow, patient, unforgettable. Get outside this summer 🌿 #NationalParksAdventure

Some places make you slow down 🌲🏔️ Behind the scenes with Greg MacGillivray on National Parks Adventure—chasing fleeting light & landscapes. The film feels effortless, but it’s really patience, presence, and honoring place.

From all of us at MacGillivray Freeman Films, Happy Mother’s Day! Celebrating our matriarch Barbara MacGillivray with her kids, Shaun and Meghan—who now run the company—is a reminder that curiosity and wonder start at home. To all the moms who inspire us every day thank you 💛

Approaching the top of the world 🏔️😮‍💨 Araceli Segarra & Jamling Tenzing Norgay heading for the Everest summit—one step, one breath at a time. Araceli became the first Spanish woman to summit; Jamling follows his father’s legacy. Watch Everest on PBS now! 🎬

One step at a time… don’t look down 😅 Araceli Segarra crossing a massive Everest crevasse on a ladder bridge 🪜 part of the expedition that reached the summit. Watch Everest on PBS!

BTS Everest behind the scenes 🎥🏔️ Crew hauling IMAX gear through ice, racing sub-zero temps. Each film load only lasted 90 seconds 😳 Watch on PBS!

Everest didn’t start on the mountain—it started here. Araceli Segarra training in Cabo long before her summit—because preparation is part of the adventure. We’re revisiting the making of Everest all week. Watch on select PBS stations!

🎟️ Tickets are live! Five Summer Stories hits Bay Theater (Seal Beach) May 29, 7 PM 🌊 A surf classic with iconic waves, music & storytelling. Stay for a Q&A + book signing with Greg MacGillivray! Get tickets: baytheatre.com/filmsmovies #FiveSummerStories #SurfFilm #FilmScreening

🏙️ Earth Day may be over, but we’re still dreaming big about sustainable cities! Cities of the Future looks 50 years ahead at ideas already taking shape from cleaner energy to reimagined transportation and greener urban design. A future where people & planet thrive together.🌱

🌿🧗‍♂️ Happy Earth Day! Into America’s Wild celebrates getting outside & exploring nature. Wild places ground, recharge & inspire awe. Take care of them! Watch on our streaming platform: moviesforfamilies.org #EarthDay #IntoAmericasWild

🌊🐠 Earth Day is tomorrow, and we’re celebrating early! Secrets of the Sea takes you into an incredible underwater world most of us never see. Huge kudos to filmmakers Howard Hall & Jonathan Bird for capturing it all! our oceans are amazing, and worth protecting 💙🌍

Earth Day is one of our favorite days of the year! 🌎 Grand Canyon Adventure follows the Colorado River and highlights Earth’s freshwater. Filming meant tracking historic locations—and hauling a massive IMAX 3D camera down a river 😅 This planet is worth taking care of 💚

Submit your short films on ocean conservation for a chance to win the Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award! Presented with MacGillivray Freeman Films’ One World One Ocean Campaign, this award celebrates powerful ocean storytelling. Submit: bit.ly/4sIG3Oy

This is where it all began for Greg MacGillivray, chasing waves with a dream and a camera in tow. From wipeouts to epic rides, the stories behind the surf are almost as good as the waves. Greg’s memoir Five Hundred Summer Stories tells the stories and the awe-inspiring moments!

We’re screening We, The Marines in Laguna Beach at Rivian South Coast Theater on April 16, 7–8:30 PM (doors 6:30) and a Q&A with special guests that follows the film! Narrated by Gene Hackman, it’s a powerful look inside Marine training. RSVP here: events.rivian.com/rivianpresents…

🌊🐠 This Earth Month, we’re celebrating the magic under the sea! Schools of fish swirling, light dancing, and surprises around every corner—you never know what you’ll see. Not always easy to shoot, but always worth it. #EarthMonth #SecretsOfTheSea #OceanLife #ProtectOurOceans