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Ross Macartney

Writer  |   Producer   |  Director

Munneke Productions, Northwest Arkansas.

about ross

An American producer, writer, actor, and director. Macartney grew up in Bentonville, AR and started his career in Wilmington, NC interning at Ciné Partners and Panavision.


After an early screening of his film Insomniac at the Director's Forte Night at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Macartney spent the early years of his career as a producer at Walmart Television. Inspired by the works of Terrence Malick, Martin Scorsese, and Francois Truffaut, he is currently working on feature directorial debut with his screenplay American Vigor.

Ross' Latest

American Vigor

Feature | Drama, Western

An American Gothic tale about a woman and child who run away to the countryside to evade a violent husband.

Keys of Atlantis

Feature | Adventure, Sci-Fi

The daughter of a famous anthropologist charts a live-streamed expedition into an unknown parallel dimension.

Il Libro

Feature | Horror, Thriller

Merihim, the demon prince of pestilence, is freed from an ancient book he had been trapped in for a millennium. We follow an older detective as she tries to track down a serial killer in the Chicago area who has been possessed by the demon.

Notable Achievements:

Semifinalist

American Vigor

2025 Bare Bones IFF

Official Selection

Ocean City

2025 Bare Bones IFF

Official Selection

Insomniac

2002 Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection

Hidden Vigor

2018 Beverly Hills Film Festival

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