MacGillivray is well-know in the industry for artistic and technical innovation in the giant format. He has initiated the development of three cameras for the IMAX format -- the high-speed (slow-motion) camera, the industry's first lightweight camera, and the "all-weather" camera used during filming on Mount Everest.
Recent tributes to MacGillivray and company includ a 2000 Academy Award nomination for DOLPHINS for Best Documentary Short Subject and a 1995 Academy Award nomination for THE LIVING SEA for Best Documentary Short Subject. In 1998, the company's dramatic film about climbing the world's tallest peak, EVEREST, became the first large-format film ever to reach the top 10 box office chard in Daily Variety. In 1996, the company's IMAX theatre classic, TO FLY!, was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in America's film archives. The first large format film to receive this honor, TO FLY! joined such cinema greats as GONE WITH THE WIND, STAR WARS and CITIZEN KANE. In 2001, the IMAX Corporation inducted TO FLY! into the IMAX Hall of Fame.
Other notable directing credits include ADVENTURES IN WILD CALIFORNIA (2000), JOURNEY INTO AMAZING CAVES (2001), CORAL REEF ADVENTURE and TOP SPEED (both 2003), GREECE: SECRETS OF THE PAST and HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU (both 2006), and GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE: RIVER AT RISK (scheduled for release in 2008).
Nominated for Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 1995: THE LIVING SEA - Producer (w. Alec Lorimore)
Nominated for Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 2000: DOLPHINS - Producer (w. Alec Lorimore)
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