What is Makana?
Mount Makana is a mountain located on North Shore of the island of Kauai, where it rises above Limahuli Valley and the village of Hā'ena. Makana is also a Hawaiian language term for gift or reward.
Makana Mountain is incredibly sacred as it is one of only two locations where the fire-throwing ceremony, ōahi, was performed in ancient Hawaiian times. On the day of the ceremony, skilled fire throwers climbed 1,115 feet along steep cliffs to the very top of Makana Mountain carrying light, dry logs. When night fell, they set the logs on fire and hurled them out over the ocean. Ridge lifts created by trade winds hitting the sheer cliff of Makana kept the firebrands aloft, soaring as far as out to sea. The result was a night sky filled with sparks and fiery torches tracing long arcs of light.
The mission of Makana Pictures is to create content on par with the Hawaiian fire throwers.
Content that is fearless, illuminating, exhilarating, and so impactful that it will be remembered for generations.
JEFF PARKER
Founder & CEO
JEFF PARKER HAS OVER FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE PRODUCING AND CREATING UNSCRIPTED TELEVISION FOR A VARIETY OF NETWORKS AND GENRES. JEFF HAS AN INCREDIBLE KNACK FOR VENTURING OUT INTO THE WILDS, WHETHER IT BE APPALACHIA OR ALASKA TO DISCOVER EXCEPTIONAL CASTS WITH UNIQUE STORIES TO TELL THE WORLD. RELYING ON HIS STORYTELLING SKILLS AS A DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR, AND WRITER JEFF HAS CONSISTENTLY CASTED, PRODUCED AND CREATED MULTIPLE CONCEPTS THAT HAVE GONE ON TO SERIES.
MOST RECENTLY JEFF CREATED AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED THE PARANORMAL THRILLER, ‘THE GHOST TOWN TERROR’ FOR THE TRVL CHANNEL WHICH WAS PICKED UP FOR A SECOND SERIES ORDER.
JEFF’S PREVIOUS COMPANY, LUAU, WAS UNDER AN OVERALL DEAL WITH CRITICAL CONTENT. DURING THAT TIME LUAU CREATED AND PRODUCED TWO SHOWS TO SERIES, ALONG WITH A HANDFUL OF PILOTS. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED ‘MADE IN KENTUCKY’ FOR MTV, ‘ATLANTA'S MISSING AND MURDERED: THE LOST CHILDREN’ FOR HBO, ‘THE JENNINGS 8’ FOR DISCOVERY I.D., ‘THE ISLAND’ FOR BRAVO, AND ‘SONS OF SAM’ FOR A&E.
BEFORE HIS STINT AT CRITICAL, LUAU CREATED, CASTED AND PRODUCED ON A SERIES OF DOCU-FOLLOW ENSEMBLES FOR MTV AND VH1 INCLUDING, ‘BUCKWILD’, ‘SLEDNECKS’, AND ‘GRITS’.
