Russell McGee

Russell McGee is a 2021 Audie Award Finalist, a nine-time Telly Award winning writer/producer, a three-time Communicator Awards winner, and a 2019 and 2020 Regional Emmy nominated writer. Russell received his Master's in TV/Film Production at Indiana University, in 2013 and his Bachelors in Theatre with a creative writing minor from Indiana State University, in 2001. He is a Meisner trained actor and he has been producing and directing since 1993. In 2002, his full-length play "Ankhenaten & Nefertiti" earned him a scholarship to attend the W. B. Yeats International Summer School. In 2007, he was awarded the Basile Playwriting Fellowship through the Indiana Theatre Association for his ten minute play "The Clockwork Man" and his play "Silent Cinema" won the Artsweek Playwriting Competition. In 2008, he founded Starrynight Productions and was the Literary Manager of the Bloomington Playwrights Project. In 2013, his film "Funeral March of a Marionette" won the Best Narrative category at the Iris Film Festival. He co-created and co-wrote the web series "Silence", which won the Best Screenwriting Category at the 2013 Multivisions Multimedia Conference, was an official selection of the 2013 Indy Film Con, and was an official selection of the 2014 Irvine International Film Festival. In 2014, he co-wrote a pilot script "Forman Chronicles", which placed third in the short screenplay category at the 2014 Diabolique International Film Festival. He works as the On-air Promotions Producer at WTIU, teaches Screenwriting and Sound Design at Indiana University, has written multiple Doctor Who short stories including a Subscriber Short Trip, and is a sound designer for Big Finish Productions LTD on their Doctor Who audio dramas. He was also nominated for Best Audio Adaptation in the 18th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, nominated as a Producer, Writer, & Editor in Children's Programming 2018 Regional Emmy Awards, won the Best Vocal Direction Award in the 2019 Audio Verse Awards, and won the Bronze Festival Favorite Award in 2019, 2020, and 2021 at the Hear Now Festival.