McKay Daines is an award-winning DGA director, writer, and producer. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384611/)

McKay just finished filming Age of the Dragons, a re-imagining of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick, which McKay wrote and is producing and it stars Danny Glover as Captain Ahab and Vinnie Jones as Mr. Stubb. Ryan Little (Saints and Soldiers, Forever Strong) is directing with Metrodome UK distributing. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1594917/fullcredits#writers. 

McKay set Age of the Dragons in a mythical realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner joins their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession is to seek revenge on a great "White Dragon" that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael. (http://pro.imdb.com/news/ni1504813/)

McKay is also in pre-production another feature film a suspense comedy, The Return of the Ripper. He co-wrote the script and McKay will produce and direct the film.  Daines company -- Triomphe Communications, INC. (www.triomphecommunications.com) has developed the film. The UK distribution company The Metrodome Group will distribute (www.metrodomegroup.com) and Vinnie Jones (Snatch, Gone in Sixty Seconds) has signed on as one of the stars. Filming is planned for Summer 2010 in England and Utah. (www.returnoftheripper.com).

McKay began a DGA/SAG signatory company Caedmon Entertainment, LLC to write, produce and direct a new advertising campaign for the Jillian Michaels (NBC's Toughest Trainer on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser and star of her own new show, Losing it with Jillian) RAPID WEIGH LOSS LINE. Which includes ads for Maximum Strength Fat Burner, Maximum Strength Calorie Counter made by ThinCare International

Through his company Triomphe Communications, INC., McKay also developed and implemented a full advertising campaign for Akavar a worldwide best-slling weight loss product made by Dynakor Pharmacal. McKay wrote, directed and produced the ad campaign starring Hot-For-Words internet phenomenon Marina Orlova. Current ads are running in all Media.

McKay Daines also produced and directed the romantic comedy Shooting Star (Heber Holiday) (www.heberholiday.com) in the winter of 2007. It was released as Shooting Star May 12, 2009 in the US and Canada by Peace Arch Entertainment (http://www.peacearch.com/). It can be ordered at: (http://www.booksamillion.com/product/K625828459306?id=4409329378342)  or (http://www.amazon.com/Shooting-Star-Torrey-DeVito/dp/B001UFE8PC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1241101740&sr=8-5)

It is currently playing in Europe, the Middle East and the South Pacific. Daines co-wrote the film with his brother and it stars Torrey DeVitto, KC Clyde, and Erin Chambers. It is premiered at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival in California September 2007 and won both the BEST OF FEST and the BEST FEATURE FILM AUDIENCE award. (http://www.tviff.com/news.html#091607a)

Heber Holiday was also an official selection at the Amador Film Festival in California, and the opening night Gala Premiere film for the 2008 Foursite Film Festival, where it won the BEST NARRATIVE FILM AWARD. It is represented internationally by Quantum Releasing. (https://quantumreleasing.sslpowered.com/quantumreleasing.com/index.swf).

McKay Daines was a Producer in 2007 for the feature film Friends for Life made by Flynn-Daines Productions. The film is being sold worldwide by Grizzly Adams Productions, and has currently won awards in 22 film festivals. (http://www.grizzlyadams.com/public/home/index.cfm?productID=426)

McKay was the Executive Producer, Writer and Director of the romantic comedy The Dance, which was released to wide acclaim in theatres April 6, 2007 (www.cometothedance.com).

The film won the STORYTELLER AWARD at the Redemptive Film Festival in November 2006 and was released worldwide on DVD September 2007 (Buy it at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-McKay-Daines/dp/B000XMWO7C/ref=pd_bbs_sr_8?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228971061&sr=8-8).

The Dance is based on an award winning play by Carol Lynn Pearson and stars KC Clyde, Michael Flynn, Kari Hawker, Scott Christopher, Joyce Cohen, and Monique Lanier. It is also being released on network cable stations and on DVD internationally as The Power of Love by GAP productions and just was awarded a gold medal by the AVA Awards. (http://www.grizzlyadams.com/public/home/index.cfm?productID=158)

The film can also be downloaded to your IPOD at (http://www.ishowstogo.com/root.php/ishowstogo/view?id=113)

McKay is also partners with director Ron Maxwell (Gettysburg, Gods and Generals) in their company Westie Productions, LLC and is the PRODUCER in making an epic version of Joan of Arc, produced in association with Adhesive Productions of France. http://www.adhesiveproduction.com/Adhesive_production/Home.html.

Additional information for the film can be found at: (http://www.ronmaxwell.com/virginwarrior.html)

McKay released in 2004 -- The Cats of Storm Mountain -- an action adventure book in the same genre as Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. It is currently being developed into an animated feature film. (www.catsofstorm.com)

Daines was the Research PRODUCER for In the Face of Evil (www.inthefaceofevil.com) a documentary based on the acclaimed Pulitzer-nominated Reagan's War by Peter Schweizer. It was released in US theatres in 2004 and was the Best Documentary winner of both the American Film Renaissance Film Festival and the Liberty Film Festival. McKay is also the Executive Producer and screenwriter for Forest of Mirrors, an espionage thriller also based on Schweizer's book.

McKay was the writer, producer and director of the Native American cable television entertainment talk show series Windows to Our Ways, as well as the director of such cable shows as 10 For Bluegrass, The Family Night Series, and The Nashville Connection, which won a 2001 TELLY AWARD for outstanding cable series.