The other day, and quite sadly so, we learned that Craig Conolly, aka Craig Mack, a friend and former crew member of ours, had passed away. We first met Craig during production on jackass the movie in 2002, when it came down to shooting the "professional" looking part of the film—the great big shopping cart opener—and we needed a First Assistant Director, or First AD for short, to successfully merge our amateur hour crew with the big-time professional crew. Craig was pretty no-nonsense, but he still managed to roll with all of our associated nonsense, of which there is never a shortage, and got along great with everyone. A few years later, he returned to our production flock on the last season of Wildboyz—perhaps the greatest season of Wildboyz—where he traveled the globe as the show's Coordinating Producer in 2005.
Our last roll in the Hollywood hay with Craig came in 2010 on the big time cinematic shoots for jackass 3 and jackass 3.5, where we all still fondly recall his patented First AD patter of "We're back, we're back, we're back, we're back," and, "Wrap, wrap, wrap, wrap, wrap." Craig was a man who genuinely loved a good glass of wine, so with that in mind we'd like to raise a collective red in honor of his life. Rest in peace, Craig. —Sean Cliver
(Photos by Helena Lazaro, Rick Kosick, and Dimitry Elyashkevich)
Oh no! Craig has such a special place in my heart. His standards were the highest of anyone I'd ever worked with, bar none, leading to a lot of secret (and some not-so-secret) crying sessions while trying to live up to them. He made me a better producer, and a better collaborator in general. I loved seeing him unwind with that Argentinian wine, and being able to laugh even after the longest, cryingest days. Wishing him peace.
Posted by: Helena | 06/30/2017 at 12:08 AM
No. I had no idea. Sorry to hear this. I remember that photo above and that day well. I will miss you Craig.
Posted by: wolfie | 07/05/2017 at 12:48 PM