A Columbia College Alum, Nathyn Masters has worked on several films collaborating with associates JR2 Productions, a team made up of Chicago independent producer John H. Rogers III and actor John Ross. Masters has done everything from directing, to fight choreography and editing. He completed his first feature "The 4th Beast: Mask of the Antichrist" in 2004 and his second film "Wages of Sin" in 2006.
Masters went through Columbia College's film and video program and graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts. As of today he has worked on projects with special effects master Anthony Noe, martial artists Jason Walsh, Shawn Bernal and Brian Kung, model/actress and Bacardi girl Wendy George Valasso and digital producer and crimewriter Connie Fillippelli and has taught Final Cut Pro for a semester at Westwood College.
Masters became known in the industry by doing something no one said was possible, making an action film under a $1000 and getting distribution. Masters and his "street crew" began shooting January of 2004 and was picked up before the end of the year. Masters also taught Writing for Multimedia and Digital Photography at East West University in Chicago and is currently working on several projects including films, novels and comics.
Epitaph: Beauty Secrets
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Crisis Function Awakening
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Wages of Sin: Special Tactics
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by Nathyn Masters (Action)
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor On the run after blowing the whistle on dirty cops, Detective Anita Nicholas is drafted into Special Tactics.
Nathyn Brendan Masters Vlog
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Crashing Darkness
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by Nathyn Masters (Action)
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Cinematographer, Editor A martial arts instructor tracks down his ex-girlfriend's killer and shakes up a political Rat's nest.
The Perfect Letter
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Video
by Nathyn Masters (Horror)
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Visual effects A mysterious letter leads a writer on a frightening quest for answers and sanity in this experimental horror project.
Ambient Evil
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Video
by Nathyn Masters (Horror)
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor While preparing for a party a young woman suddenly realizes she is being stalked by a random maniac.
Excelerated
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Youtube Production
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Beauty Secrets
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by Nathyn Masters (Sci-Fi)
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor Fifty six year old Amanda Gray was a spokesperson and human Guinea pig for Frank Stein Industries, but how far will they go to cover up a fatally adverse reaction to their body restructuring process.
Crisis Function
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by Nathyn Masters (Action)
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Camera and Electrical Department, Composer A quiet woman is stalked as she encounters sudden violent confrontations while investigating her friend's murder.
Homestead Haunted House
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by Samuel Brock Flynn (Horror and Sci-Fi)
Music department Homestead Haunted House about a ghost haunting the house and making family and friends to be afraid and scared of the house and even to be around the house then we go outside to play and tour around the house to make sure everything is alright outside. Then we try to make the ghost leave by saying Biblical word to it and reading verses too. Written by Homestead Haunted House Movie
Epitaph: Bread and Salt
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by Nathyn Masters (Action, Horror and Sci-Fi)
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Editor, Miscellaneous Crew, Stunts, Composer The Defenders of Eden, a family of Estrie hunters, unite with a demon hunter to destroy a union of dark cults with one goal, to drive the world into darkness and to rise to godhood. As the world falls further away from light, Chicago becomes a battleground where evil spirits gain the power to become flesh and enter our world. But when the Defender's prophetic leader Rabbi Adam Hassan's visions lead him to Victor Locke, a man with the power to fight these supernatural creatures, the tide may turn in their secret war...if he chooses to join their fight. Written by R. Mavers
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BlackOut Burned Nights
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Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Composer, Self Nathyn Brendan Masters talks politics and culture from a common sense stand point.
Looking 2 Score
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Film (short)
by Jon Ross (Comedy)
Actor Bobbi gets more than she bargains for when she is set up on a blind date.
Mound Bayou
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Film (short)
by J.H. Rogers III (Documentary and History)
Miscellaneous Crew A short documentary about former slaves that started the first African American governed town in the United States.
Mound Bayou: Jewel of the Delta
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Film
by Jon Ross (Documentary and History)
Miscellaneous Crew Mound Bayou: Jewel Of The Delta is a short documentary about the small town of Mound Bayou located in Mississippi. It is a historical story largely untold about the first known town to be established and governed by former slaves in the United States. It represents the true American Dream, in that anything is possible. Written by Anonymous
Action Filmmaking
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Television
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Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Camera and Electrical Department, Self Based on his book "Action Filmmaking" Nathyn Masters teaches up and coming indie filmmakers how to make movies on a low or no budget via the Internet.
Action Filmmaking: The Making of Wages of Sin
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by Nathyn Masters (Documentary)
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Self Behind the scenes of Nathyn Brendan Master's action film "Wages of Sin".
Wages of Sin
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by Nathyn Masters (Action)
Writer, Director, Actor, Cinematographer, Miscellaneous Crew, Stunts "Wages" is the story of a sting operation gone array and a botched assassination attempt that leaves Johnny "Trigger", AKA deep cover officer Nathan Matthews framed for aiding and abetting in the murder of undercover officers, Tarantino and Rodriguez and for the slaughter of several FBI agents. To clear his name he must go on the run. Not knowing who to trust Matthews befriends Teresa, a hooker who wants out of the street life. As luck would have it she's got the goods on Nathan's previous mark, up and coming drug kingpin Eric Constantine. Matthews must find the dirty cops who betrayed him, protect Teresa, evade goons, hit teams, and an infamous assassin called "Mona Lisa". Written by R. Mavers
The Wait
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Film (short)
by Ann Verrall (Crime)
Writer An electronic bank heist goes terribly wrong for two assassins turned thieves and their rag tag crew.
The 4th Beast: Mask of the Antichrist
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Video
by Nathyn Masters (Action)
Writer, Director, Actor, Cinematographer, Editor, Camera and Electrical Department, Miscellaneous Crew, Stunts Army Ranger Daniel Abrams has just come home from service in Iraq. His goals are simple; to live a peaceful life here in America and find love with Myra, a beautiful young private he met during his tour of duty. This dream comes to a screeching halt when Father Paul Anderson, a teacher he knew from high school, request him to deliver a disk containing information on the identity of the Antichrist to journalist Veronica Evans. But things become problematic when Delilah and Sebastian, two rogue Vatican agents, and their band of NOCs (agents with Non-Official Cover) come to steal the disk for their own purposes. Written by TimeCode Mechanics
The 12th Night
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Film (short)
by Nathyn Masters (Drama)
Director, Actor, Cinematographer, Miscellaneous Crew, Stunts After losing his job Trent Colburn is offered a position delivering packages for a shady woman who offers hard cash. But something goes wrong when he opens one of the packages and suddenly finds himself held hostage and questioned about a shooting spree he knows nothing about. Written by Nathyn Masters
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Columbia College Chicago
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