“He is a young aspiring entrepreneur with a lot of passion for what he does.” - Bryan Kent
Top | McLamb got his start with spring productions at Northwood Temple Academy. Above | His community and church rallied around “Masquerade,” supplying the film with actors, extras and supplies.
22 | April/May • 2010
own scripts, catching the attention of a caring teacher. John Wright, drama teacher at Northwood Temple Academy, asked the freshman student to write and produce the school’s spring production. And for the next three years, he wrote and produced all of the academy’s spring shows. Wright handed him a video camera his senior year and that was all it took. “Each year the spring productions became more complicated and expensive,” McLamb said and laughed. “And the fan base grew, too.” He went on to earn a mass communications degree at Campbell University, all
the while filming weddings and his church’s annual mission trips abroad. But it was a phone call from his mother and Northwood Temple Academy principal, Renee McLamb, which spurred him into making “Masquerade.” “She asked me if I was interested in teaching a drama class the next semester. I said yes, if I could create a movie.”
