Gregory Austin McConnell

Gregory Austin McConnell (born February 15, 1990), also known as austinmcconnell, is an American filmmaker.

On his YouTube channel, he makes video essays that showcase or criticize pop culture media.


 * Syringe (2008 short)
 * LG15: Outbreak (2010 web series)
 * Call It Something Special (2012 short)
 * We Ain't Got No Windchimes (2013 short)
 * Sprouting Orchids (2014)


 * Fallen Angels - Book 1: Welcome to Munich (2009)


 * Art Film: Sprouting Orchids, made on a budget of around $2000, is about a young couple who fall in love after tragedy and involves a Science Fiction/action Genre Shift. After its completion, some of his friends and family members called his film "overly pretentious".
 * Franchise Killer: When making LG15: Outbreak, he was accused by some in the lonelygirl15 fanbase of killing the series. In "Did I Kill LonelyGirl15?", he argues that his involvement in a LG15 fan-made series (that would turn out to be its final installment) couldn't save the whole franchise, as he didn't have control over the main series, and that the franchise itself was left stagnant after a hiatus, which led the fanbase to be more and more frustrated.
 * Old Shame:
 * His first feature film Sprouting Orchids. Detailed in "i made a movie. it stunk."
 * He considers Fallen Angels a teenage embarrassment and has made a video titled "Erasing My Awful Book From The History of the Internet", showcasing how he pulled the book out of publication.
 * Sincerest Form of Flattery: In a comment on "Here's Three Stories About YouTube Plagiarism" by hbomberguy, he has admitted to being inspired by soulbrothanumbuh3's editing style in his early videos (Hip Hop background music, quick cuts, similar textual presentation, quips and voice), but he denied having plagiarized soulbrothanumbuh3's videos, also stating that the conflict between the two video creators (detailed in the video) was resolved in good faith.
 * Small Name, Big Ego:
 * In "Did I Kill LonelyGirl15?", he was startled by comments badmouthing his self-image and his ambitions for LG15: Outbreak. Those comments accused him and his character Mason of having an enlarged ego.
 * In reality, while he admits having huge ambition when filmmaking in his younger years, he can be humble and can criticize his own work.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * In LG15: Outbreak, a whole system of puzzles integrated into the show had to be scrapped, since the web technology it used was cancelled by the creators of LG15.
 * Fallen Angels was meant to be a 21-volume Young Adult series. Of the three books written, only one was published, and then the publishing company closed down.