spence@spence.world

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Spencer MacDonald (he/him) is a director born in NYC, raised in San Francisco, based in Berlin, and currently on his thirty-second lap around the sun. The son of an oil painter and an architect, he has been steeped in the conceptual and functional since an early age. His interests lie at the intersection of people, ecologies, and environments, as well as at the border between documentary and fiction.

Select Press:
Honorable Mention, 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2024: A Body Called Life
Official Selection, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2024: A Body Called Life
Vimeo’s Best of the Year: Switzerland Tourism ‘Even if It Takes Awhile’ (with Director’s Commentary), 2023
1.4 Awards Shortlist: Dear Travelers
Directors’ Library: Dear Travelers, 2022
Vimeo Staff Pick: Dear Travelers, 2022
Shots: On My Radar, 2021
Directors’ Library: VW - Down Tools, 2021
Vimeo Staff Pick: Lyft - The Sound of Y, 2021
Honorable Mention, Documentary Shorts, Atlanta Film Festival 2021, Scarlet Medusa
Official Selection, Palm Springs International Shortfest 2021, Scarlet Medusa
1.4 Awards “On the Cusp” Shortlist: Scarlet Medusa
Vimeo Staff Pick: Scarlet Medusa, 2020
NOWNESS: Scarlet Medusa
Directors’ Library: Scarlet Medusa
Filmsupply: Editing with a Director’s Perspective
Webby Nomination, Best Editing, Rapha Rides LA, 2019
National Geographic Short Film Showcase: 'Thousand Hills of Hope'
Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Rapha Rides LA'
HYPEBEAST, 'Rapha Rides LA'
The Radavist, 'Rapha Rides LA'
Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Age of the Farmer'
The Atlantic's Editors' Picks: 'Age of the Farmer'
National Geographic's Short Film Showcase: 'Age of the Farmer'
Official selection Environmental Film Festival: 'Age of the Farmer'
Official selection Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival: 'Age of the Farmer'
Official selection Best Coast Film Festival: 'Age of the Farmer'
Alaska Airlines' SIFF Channel (In-Flight Entertainment): 'Age of the Farmer'
Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Rapha Rides Boulder'
The Atlantic's Editors' Picks: 'Kukimbia'
Outside Magazine: 'Kukimbia'
Huck Magazine: 'Kukimbia'
Outside Online: 'Hells Canyon'
Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Rapha Rides Seattle'
Official Selection Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival 2017: 'Conservation Generation'
Official selection Telluride Mountainfilm 2017: 'Conservation Generation'
Official selection Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2018: 'Conservation Generation'

Select Clients:
Airbnb, Lyft, Intel, Rapha, Canon, VW, LACMA, Allbirds, Switzerland Tourism,
National Geographic, and many wonderful NGOs.