User:Vinae/Lamar "Mar" McPherson

Lamar "Mar" McPherson is an independent filmmaker who has already made impressive strides in film within a very short time. Born in Newark, NJ, and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Mar always had a keen interest and inherency for film. A graduate of Temple University’s School of Film and Media Arts (FMA), Mcpherson first began his career in film at Syracuse University, where he attended on a full athletic football scholarship.

With a declared major of Visual Performing Arts, McPherson quickly discovered his creative talents for screenwriting, acting and his knack for conceptualizing visions. However, after his freshman year Mar decided to come home after an illness to his grandmother, Mcpherson decided to return home and attend Temple University. It was at Temple University where McPherson went full throttle into crafting his film skills; oftentimes substituting collegiate revelry for the practicing of his now trademark editing techniques and gritty and vibrant style.

Mar's first film project was a mini-documentary, entitled "The Poor Man’s Drug", which was a short documentary, which depicted the similarities of a drug addicts addiction to using drugs to a drug dealers addiction to the lifestyle and selling drugs. The film quickly garnered him respect from peers and professors. This inspired and motivated Mcpherson, and made him steadfast on mastering his filmmaking. “My progression and desire to share my vision has always been a constant inspiration for me”, says McPherson.

In 2010, McPherson decided to go to LA because he felt that more opportunities would present themselves on the west coast. Mar found himself interning for prominent production companies during the day, then building his own brand and company by night. “There is a long line of talent in the west coast, I realized I couldn’t wait for any handouts and had to take my career into my own hands”. Mar took to twitter and web blogs to kickstart his company’s brand. After listening to Waka's album, Mar heard a catchy song on his album entitled Grove St. Party. "I remember editing documentary footage over the song and thinking why didn't he perform this song and why doesn't this song have a video”, says McPherson. Mar decided to take the performance footage and create a viral video for the song Grove St Party. Upon releasing the video to YouTube, the viral video yielded over 300,000 views in a day and Waka Flacka flew Mar out to Atlanta and invited him to document him on the road for the next year.

Although it was an untraditional route for an aspiring filmmaker, Mar thought otherwise and viewed this as an opportunity to develop his craft and “Turn Up”. “Waka basically threw me right into the fire; I feel that I learned more on the road with him, than I would have had I have gone to grad school. In addition to developing my craft, I was also learning the business, the good and the bad. I’ll always appreciate him for that.”

After spending 2011 and some of 2012 on the road, he decided to return back to his roots, and has dedicated himself to working on feature length documentaries and feature length films along with an abundance of projects lined up for 2013. Mar was blessed with the gift of storytelling and pushing his creativity to the limits. He is dedicated to show aspiring/new age filmmakers that with perseverance, they can defy the odds and create a lasting imprint on the film industry.

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