Writing

Gavin Heffernan

Born

1980-04-02 (46)

Place of birth

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

IMDb profile

Canadian filmmaker, genre screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Co-writing credits with frequent collaborator Adam Robitel include the psychological horror hit The Taking (2014), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) for Paramount Pictures, and an upcoming supernatural thriller for Sony produced by Sam Raimi. On the television side, Heffernan and Robitel are developing an original horror series with Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures. Gavin is also known for directing experimental visual works, primarily timelapse, most notably featured in The Rolling Stones' 2015-2016 concerts, the 2016 Roger Waters tour, and Paul Simon's 2018 Homeward Bound Farewell Tour. An alumnus of McGill Un…

Known for

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension poster

5.3

Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

2015

6.6

What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.

The Taking of Deborah Logan

2014

6.8

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!

Detroit Rock City

1999

5.4

A group of ambitious filmmakers set out to create the world's first reality horror movie. What ensues is a hellish game of cat and mouse as a cryptic filmmaker, known only as The Maestro, comes out from hiding in search of his "perfect shot."