Orange Coast Magazine: Laguna Beach Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray and His New Memoir

In the aptly titled “Five Hundred Summer Stories,” MacGillivray recounts behind-the-scenes moments during the making of his first film, “A Cool Wave of Color,” in 1964, and the astonishing sweep of surfing, Hollywood, and IMAX entertainment and conservation films that followed. Among them: a near-death experience during a wipeout in 25-foot surf shooting “Big Wednesday,” and a masterclass from director Stanley Kubrick while working on “The Shining.”

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