Mason Cade Packer
Directing
Biography
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

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.
The Mute

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.
The Common Touch

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.
Eutha-nation

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.
1882

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

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

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.
Sonata

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

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.
Split Sibling Decision

A father and son attempt to reconnect after a surprising personal confession at a public tennis court.
No Man's Land

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

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

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.
Limp-dick

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

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.
Generation G

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

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.
Befriended

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.
Somewhere In Paradise

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.
The Pathos of Things

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