Gavin David Free is an English filmmaker originally from Thame in Oxfordshire, England. He is best known for his work at the Austin, Texas-based company Rooster Teeth, as well as his own web-series The Slow Mo Guys, which he created with friend Daniel Gruchy. The Slow Mo Guys features slow-motion footage of various stunts and experiments, garnering over 275 million views since it launched in 2010. In April 2011 the channel was voted the winner of YouTube's On The Rise program which highlights up-and-coming YouTube partners on the homepage. In September 2012, their episode involving crushing watermelons was featured on The Tonight Show. Free appeared alongside Gruchy, playing themselves being pulled by an RV, itself a nod to Breaking Bad, while an explosion goes off behind them in YouTube Rewind 2013.
In 2009 he was hired by Rooster Teeth Productions to direct their machinima series Red vs. Blue's seventh season and its mini-series Relocated.
Gavin in 2013
He is also known for his slow-motion cinematography work for films, including Hot Fuzz (2007), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and Dredd (2012). Gavin has also worked on slow-motion footage for the BBC show Top Gear.[8]
In 2009 he was hired by Rooster Teeth Productions to direct their machinima series Red vs. Blue's seventh season and its mini-series Relocated.
Gavin in 2013
He is also known for his slow-motion cinematography work for films, including Hot Fuzz (2007), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and Dredd (2012). Gavin has also worked on slow-motion footage for the BBC show Top Gear.[8]