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Mason Cade Packer

Born January 3, 1999 · Wellington - New Zealand (age 27)

Mason Cade Packer (also known as MCP) is a New Zealand-born writer, director, and producer based in Los Angeles. He is known for his critically acclaimed short and feature films and his continued success as an ambitious young director.

Known For

Eutha-nation

Eutha-nation · 2020

Birthday party clown Marshall attempts to reconnect with his father Jack before his untimely death at the hands of a government body. Set within an alternate-reality where elders are subjected to compulsory euthanasia at the age of 65.

Clean

A young couple tries to resolve issues in their relationship while waiting inside of a car wash.

Hades

A family of four isolate themselves to their Chicago home following an outbreak of a modern strain of the deadly bubonic plague.

Limp-dick

Limp-dick · 2018

A young film librarian Ray receives a letter from her father asking if should meet with him after 20-years of silence. She and her coworker Mack decide to plan a road trip to Wellington to find him.

Generation G

Generation G · 2016

Generation G is a documentary that chronicles the lives of four anonymous graffiti artists who are creating a movement that aims to repaint the city of Christchurch, New Zealand after a series of devastating earthquakes.

Sonata

Parker Cohen, a talented young pianist, is confronted with the toxicity of an old relationship when his ex-boyfriend Deon shows up on the night of a major musical showcase.

Antarctica

Antarctica · 2018

Antarctica is a short ensemble film that snapshots the relationship cycles of young love from hopefulness to deterioration.

Stage

A budding student stage manager takes on the intimidating task of pulling together a chaotic show just minutes before curtains open.

Filmography

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Eutha-nation

Eutha-nation · 2020

Birthday party clown Marshall attempts to reconnect with his father Jack before his untimely death at the hands of a government body. Set within an alternate-reality where elders are subjected to compulsory euthanasia at the age of 65.

Director

Clean

A young couple tries to resolve issues in their relationship while waiting inside of a car wash.

Director of Photography

Hades

A family of four isolate themselves to their Chicago home following an outbreak of a modern strain of the deadly bubonic plague.

Director

Limp-dick

Limp-dick · 2018

A young film librarian Ray receives a letter from her father asking if should meet with him after 20-years of silence. She and her coworker Mack decide to plan a road trip to Wellington to find him.

Director

Generation G

Generation G · 2016

Generation G is a documentary that chronicles the lives of four anonymous graffiti artists who are creating a movement that aims to repaint the city of Christchurch, New Zealand after a series of devastating earthquakes.

Director of Photography

Sonata

Parker Cohen, a talented young pianist, is confronted with the toxicity of an old relationship when his ex-boyfriend Deon shows up on the night of a major musical showcase.

Director

Antarctica

Antarctica · 2018

Antarctica is a short ensemble film that snapshots the relationship cycles of young love from hopefulness to deterioration.

Director of Photography

Stage

A budding student stage manager takes on the intimidating task of pulling together a chaotic show just minutes before curtains open.

Director of Photography

The Pathos of Things

The Pathos of Things · 2018

The Pathos of Things

On the brink of humanity's end, a vacant man finds solace in a kind stranger who's lessons of love echo well into the man's apocalyptic future.

Producer

The Common Touch

The Common Touch · 2017

The Common Touch

MovieDocumentary

The Common Touch tells the story of Jake Bailey, viral sensation and student of Christchurch Boys High School, who was told one week before his graduation speech about his diagnosis of life-threatening cancer.

Director

Befriended

Befriended · 2017

In a technologically advanced alternative present-day, Roy, an elderly widower is suffocated by self-imposed loneliness. Once per week, he receives a call from his young and spirited Befriender, Julia, who is employed to keep him company.

Director

The Mute

The Mute · 2025

When a high-school principal hears of an encroaching threat, an escaped convict who has been somehow silently breaking into teenage girls' homes in the night, he becomes overly protective of one of his closest students.

Director

Posted

Julian wakes up the morning after a big college party and discovers his drunken mistakes via social media.

Producer

Somewhere In Paradise

Somewhere In Paradise · 2017

Somewhere In Paradise

After her car breaks down in rural New Zealand, Ellie is lured into a small religious cult by one its leaders Charlie, a charming man who offers to fix her vehicle while she stays.

Director of Photography

Oswald

In this experimental super-villain origin story, Oswald, a social outcast tries to find money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion.

Director

Dukun

Dukun is a short documentary about the origins and usefulness of black magic sorcery in areas of Bali, Indonesia.

Director of Photography

I love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love you · 2018

I love you, I love you, I love you

Chase, leaving the country to study overseas, attempts to say goodbye to Emma, his girlfriend of 2-years.

Editor

No Man's Land

No Man's Land · 2018

A father and son attempt to reconnect after a surprising personal confession at a public tennis court.

Director

Split Sibling Decision

Split Sibling Decision · 2017

Split Sibling Decision

Split Sibling Decision is about the mere moments you have to make a choice; save your brother or let him die? As souls are born and reborn they renew their bonds to one another throughout time. Decision after decision. Second after second.

Producer

Charlie and Dick

Charlie and Dick · 2016

Charlie and Dick

Charlie and Dick is a romantic-comedy about a gay bloke trying to win back the love of his partner using the only tools he knows how.

Director of Photography

Faint of Heart

Faint of Heart · 2020

MovieDramaScience Fiction

A husband's life-threatening alcoholism leads to unsettling discoveries of time travel after his wife leaves him.

Director

1882

The region is in a state of unrest. Rumors of a rabid man-beast are rife. Sightings are rare. Marama and her father Abbott remain at their home in the forest.

Director