Gavin Free

Who is Gavin Free?

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 2006, Free joined Green Door Films, the first production house in Europe to use Phantom digital high-speed cameras as a source of slow motion, working as a data technician and camera operator. He has worked on adverts and music videos for U2, Enter Shikari, Klaxons, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, X-Press 2 and the "Everybody Hurts" charity single. 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.