SEATTLE WEEKLY - May 3 - May 9, 2001

17 Seattleites Who Will Be Big In The Next 25 Years

by PAUL HUGHES

It all started with fighting clown racism. That's what we'll say when we look back on the career of local filmmaker BRIAN MCDONALD, whose pithy mockumentary White Face bagged the audience award for Best Short Film at Slamdance this year. But that's only half right: Native son McDonald has been in the industry for over 20 years--when he hasn't been busy writing comic books, doing standup, or teaching at 911. Watch for his first feature film, Mrs. Baker.