Free is also known as the creator and co-host of the YouTube-based web series The Slow Mo Guys,[1] alongside his friend Daniel Gruchy.
Free was nominated for a Webby Award in the Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video) category for his work on The Slow Mo Guys on 5 April 2016.
He is also known for his slow motion cinematography work for films,[3] including Hot Fuzz (2007), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and Dredd (2012).
He has worked on adverts and music videos for U2, Enter Shikari, Klaxons, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, X-Press 2, and the "Everybody Hurts" charity single.
[11] In 2009, he was hired by Austin, Texas–based Rooster Teeth Productions to direct the seventh season of their machinima series Red vs. Blue.
[citation needed] In May 2013, Free began starring as a "lab rat" in the Rooster Teeth series Immersion, replacing Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola.
In Immersion, Free must test video concepts in real life alongside friend and co-worker Michael Jones.
In the latter video, he is portrayed as accidentally lighting himself on fire when trying to play a song for his domestic partner Meg Turney, which subsequently goes viral.
[36][37][38] Free and The Slow Mo Guys co-star Daniel Gruchy appeared in YouTube Rewind in 2013, playing themselves being pulled by an RV, itself a nod to Breaking Bad, while an explosion goes off behind them.
Free began starring in the Rooster Teeth animated superhero comedy web series X-Ray and Vav in November 2014.
"[56] In 2016, Free starred as Woody in Rooster Teeth's science fiction action comedy film Lazer Team.
[65][66] On 5 April 2016, Free was nominated for a Webby Award in the Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video) category for his work on The Slow Mo Guys.