Biography

Born and raised in Atlanta, Kevin McCoy developed a love for storytelling at an early age. An avid reader from his youth, it wasn’t long before he was telling tales of his own. In high school, Kevin wrote short stories—including one published in his high school yearbook—and made his first foray into filmmaking with a science fiction short that he wrote and directed, a project that would garner him his first media award.

While in college, Kevin delved deeper into the world of filmmaking by writing and directing a variety of 16mm film and video projects. He also co-founded a campus film club that produced several films during his tenure as co-president.

A few years later, Kevin returned to school to earn a master's degree in film. While attending film school, where he worked on more than a dozen film and music video projects—including two videos produced for Benson Records—Kevin wrote and directed The Dark Letter, an award-winning short film comedy.

Some of Kevin’s other accomplishments include two teleplays that he co-wrote with a couple of film school buddies, as well as several articles that he wrote for Back To One, an Atlanta-based magazine covering the film industry. At present, Kevin is working on a number of projects, including another teleplay, a DVD of The Dark Letter, and the screenplay for his feature film debut.