BJ McDonnell is a motion picture camera operator and director. In 2000 McDonnell graduated from Los Angeles City College with his degree in Cinema and quickly became a grip and then a union camera / steadicam operator in I.A.T.S.E 600.He is also a member of SAG / AFTRA. McDonnell has shot such features as "Jack Reacher", "Battle: Los Angeles", "The Interview", "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter", "Neighbors", and many more.
McDonnell also served as operator on such television shows as "Heroes" and "Standoff".
In 2008, McDonnell won a Telly award for cinematography and camera operation.
IN 2012, after shooting the first two entries in the "Hatchet" horror film series, McDonnell took the directing chair for the third installment franchise; "Hatchet III". McDonnell also directed the critically lauded live action rendition of the "Dead Island" commercial which received over 1 million hits in the first week of its release on Youtube.
In 2015, McDonnell directed a music video for the band SLAYER for the song "Repentless". It has gained 5 million views on youtube in a matter of two months. The music video also won the "Loudwire 5th Annual Music Awards" for best metal video of 2015.
