On March 1st, 2022 the world lost a true original and I lost my everything. William C. McCallum aka Bill, Willie, Pops, Wild Bill, and Dirty Bill passed away unexpectedly after a brief fall and 11 days in the ICU. He was beating the crap out of the Cancer that invaded him and losing him was sudden and devastating.
I didn’t just lose my Father, but also my muse, my best friend, my hero, my greatest collaborator, my whole world.
Our film company, Rebel Pictures, lost it's soul and center.
We held a Celebration Of Life event for him on what would have been his 79th Birthday, June 21st. It was in downtown Lansing, MI on a strip of downtown that his generation called, "The Gut". It was a car show and celebration with classic cars, music that he and I love, and friends from as far as NYC and Los Angeles came out to celebrate this rarest of breeds.
It was bittersweet to say the least. He's beyond missed.
Friends have set up a GoFundMe to help during this extremely difficult time.
I didn’t just lose my Father, but also my muse, my best friend, my hero, my greatest collaborator, my whole world.
Our film company, Rebel Pictures, lost it's soul and center.
We held a Celebration Of Life event for him on what would have been his 79th Birthday, June 21st. It was in downtown Lansing, MI on a strip of downtown that his generation called, "The Gut". It was a car show and celebration with classic cars, music that he and I love, and friends from as far as NYC and Los Angeles came out to celebrate this rarest of breeds.
It was bittersweet to say the least. He's beyond missed.
Friends have set up a GoFundMe to help during this extremely difficult time.
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Owner of Rebel Pictures: Filmmaker/Director/Actor/Writer/Producer/Editor/Radioshow Host/Rebel - Michael McCallum.
Photo by Steven Glynn.
Rebel Pictures is a Mid-Michigan film company whose feature film credits include the multi award-winning Fairview St., Handlebar, and Lucky as well as the short film comedic trilogy, Waiter From Hell.
Rebel Pictures' fourth feature, Buffalo, was awarded 22 major awards, received 12 nominations in 38 film festivals!
Michael McCallum is the owner of Rebel Pictures, and also an award-winning Director, Writer, Actor, Editor and Lansing native who makes and promotes Michigan-made films.
His 32 films have won 199 major awards, received 235 nominations and have been played in 486 film festivals nationally and internationally!
Michael was honored to receive the "Michigan Independent Filmmaker Of the Year 2012" by the Uptown Film Festival in Detroit.
In 2013 and 2014, he was invited to direct a short film for the Production Workshop at the Grand Rapids Film Festival (GRFF). Both films were finished by McCallum and one of his editors and have won many awards nationally and internationally. He recently resigned from serving on the GRFF's Board Of Directors and as the Director for the revamped GRFF 36 Hour Film Challenge.
Rebel Pictures' fourth feature, Buffalo, was awarded 22 major awards, received 12 nominations in 38 film festivals!
Michael McCallum is the owner of Rebel Pictures, and also an award-winning Director, Writer, Actor, Editor and Lansing native who makes and promotes Michigan-made films.
His 32 films have won 199 major awards, received 235 nominations and have been played in 486 film festivals nationally and internationally!
Michael was honored to receive the "Michigan Independent Filmmaker Of the Year 2012" by the Uptown Film Festival in Detroit.
In 2013 and 2014, he was invited to direct a short film for the Production Workshop at the Grand Rapids Film Festival (GRFF). Both films were finished by McCallum and one of his editors and have won many awards nationally and internationally. He recently resigned from serving on the GRFF's Board Of Directors and as the Director for the revamped GRFF 36 Hour Film Challenge.
