Omega Access
(DIRECTING)
CREDITS
Producer/Co-CreatorMarc O’Brien
Executive ProducerChelsea Blazer
Executive ProducerMatt Cherkas
CinematographersMark Cira / Christopher De Rosa
DirectorsMark Cira / Matt O’Brien
EditorMark Cira
CLIENT
Movember
SYNOPSIS
Omega Access was one of the more important projects I've worked on.
Funded by the Movember Foundation, this web series ran from 2014 to 2020 with a simple but radical premise: what if we showed masculinity as a spectrum instead of a straight line?
Over two seasons and eight episodes, I served as editor on every segment, Director and DOP on four—profiling gay, transgender, and non-binary men including drag performers, surfers, artists, and musicians, each living fully and unapologetically as themselves.
The goal wasn't just to raise awareness about men's mental health. It was to give young men role models who didn't fit the mold. Men who were vulnerable. Creative. Complicated. Real.
I grew up in a world where masculinity had rigid borders, and anything outside those lines was treated as weakness or deviation. Omega Access was about tearing those borders down—showing that strength looks like a lot of things, and sometimes it looks like a man in makeup, or a trans man finding his voice, or someone choosing passion over expectations. This series mattered because representation matters. And for a lot of young people who saw themselves in these stories, it was the first time they'd seen masculinity that looked like them. That's why I'm proud of this work. It wasn't just about making good content. It was about making space.