Biography

Born 29 July, 1998 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Mackenzie grew up watching and analyzing film. Originally wanting to act - and realizing he wasn't very good at it - he tried his hand in writing, and at the age of ten wrote his first script. It would be four years later when his first script would be produced. Ever since then, he has written various scripts, including directing many of those scripts. Along with writing and directing, Mackenzie has also served as a producer, editor, cinematographer, and Foley artist.
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He is the middle child with two other siblings. His oldest sibling has severe cerebral palsy.

Mackenzie has stated in the past that there were three films he watched at the age of seven that made him want to pursue film as a career. Those films were Psycho (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), and Eraserhead (1977).

Mackenzie's parents allowed him to watch more mature films at a younger age. They understood that he watched them to gain knowledge of how to film, and what it takes to make a great one. Also, unlike other children who would recite what they heard and saw in a mature film, Mackenzie wouldn't, and knowing this, was allowed to watch those types of films.

Mackenzie screened his first film, The End of Time, at a local competition in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he took home the top prize that evening for it.