Background
McCaleb was born in Evanston, Illinois, but grew up primarily in Tucson, Arizona.
McCaleb was born in Evanston, Illinois, but grew up primarily in Tucson, Arizona.
He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2000 with a degree in Film Production.
In recent years, McCaleb has been Emmy-nominated for editing on the television series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. After college, McCaleb worked in post-production and as an editor and assistant editor, most notably under filmmakers Michael Mann and John Sayles. In 2006, while working for Michael Mann on the film Miami Vice, McCaleb was approached by co-worker Chris Hampel to join fellow filmmakers Douglas Cheney and Ryan Wise and producer Marcus Blakely in an experiment: an 80-episode serialized drama for the internet.
The experiment came to be known as The series ran from August 28 to December 15, 2006, when one of Sam"s seven friends murdered her.
Produced on a total budget of $50,000, the series garnered nearly 3 Million views during its initial run, and landed McCaleb and his co-creators representation at United Talent Agency, which had just begun to look for talent online. McCaleb was the co-creator, and served as a director, writer, and producer.
Funded by Michael Eisner"s new production company, Vuguru, the series was an instant success, with over 15 million views of the episodes during the original 12-week run, and has been viewed by over 40 million people to date. A 15-episode spinoff series,: Summer Heat, was quickly ordered by Eisner, with production taking place in Los Los Angeles
Nogales, Mexico; and McCaleb"s hometown of Tucson.
In 2009, McCaleb and produced a third season of "" Titled "The Homecoming," the 22-episode series debuted in Canada on July 4, 2010, on CityTV, and was released in the United States in October 2012 on The CW"s website.