Short film directors who need to make feature films
A list of potential film directors who have all directed short films in the past.
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Marshall Curry was born in 1970 in Summit, New Jersey, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Neighbors' Window (2019), Street Fight (2005) and Racing Dreams (2009). He is married to Elizabeth Martin.- Director
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Eric Dubois is known for Infinite Light (2022).- Director
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Eric Kissack is known for Veep (2012), The Good Place (2016) and Daddy's Home (2015). He has been married to Libby Cuenin since 30 March 2013.- Director
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Tobias Weber is known for Late Shift (2016) and Full Motion Cowboys (2025).- Director
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David Cage was born on 9 June 1969. He is a director and writer, known for Detroit: Become Human (2018), Heavy Rain (2010) and Beyond: Two Souls (2013).- Visual Effects
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David Gaddie has been recognized by The One Club as one of the top commercial directors in North America. His portfolio boasts numerous accolades, including awards from Cannes Lions and a Grand Prix from the One Show. His commercial "The Unfinished Votes" for Change The Ref earned the distinction of the year's top spot by Shoot Magazine. Versatile in his approach, Gaddie excels across genres, from comedy and action to visual effects and drama, always with a focus on crafting memorable characters and resonant stories. Venturing into long-form drama, Gaddie wrote and directed the sci-fi featurette "Beautiful Dreamer," which has been showcased at numerous festivals, clinching awards and amassing significant online viewership.
Beyond directing, Gaddie is the visionary behind the NY-based Afterparty VFX, and a founder of the global audio powerhouse Squeak E Clean Studios. Through Afterparty VFX, his expertise extends to creating visual effects for a diverse range of commercials, films, and series.- Producer
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Cameo Wood is an EMMY® Award-Winning filmmaker. Her most recent film, Real Artists (2017) is available to stream online. She is working on her first feature. In 2018 she was a co-winner at the AT&T Film Awards for 'Best Emerging Artist' award by Ava DuVernay. Real Artists has won over 35 awards including a 2019 EMMY® and has been nominated for dozens more and has continued to enjoy screenings at festivals, museums, and television stations throughout the world.
She produced and co-directed episodes of The Alternative Guide to Secret Beijing which was featured on Atlas Obscura. Her first film, Dukha in Summer, premiered at the St. Louis Film International Film Festival and was nominated for best short at five others. Cameo is a member of Cinefemme, Women in Film, Alliance of Women Directors, Film Independent, WomenNMedia, and the co-founder of the SF chapter of Dinner with Dames. She co-founded the COVEN Film Festival, a showcase of films made by women. She is a regular speaker at the Camp Reel Stories' Girls Day Workshop. Cameo has participated in the inaugural Sundance Co//ab Screenwriting, Episodic, and Fiction Directing programs.
Cameo has completed Medical Neuroscience at Duke University, Futurism at Stanford University, Witchcraft & Magic at Bennington College, Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and recently completed courses in Egyptology at University of Pennsylvania. From 1995-2008 She was an engineer at GTE Labs, Sprint, Lucent, and Cisco. In 2008 She founded Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper; the first urban beekeeping store in America, and serves on the board of the beekeeping non-profit SF Bee-Cause.- Director
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Jakob Owens was born on 6 January 1990. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Roadside (2017), After Hours (2022) and Hold'em (2017).- Producer
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James Webber is known for Sorority (2022), Driftwood (2012) and Edge (2009). He has been married to Poppaea Bicknell since 10 July 2010.- Director
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Jennifer's directorial debut feature 'Rose: A Love Story' starring Sophie Rundle and Matt Stokoe premiered at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival to positive reviews; including 4 stars from the Evening Standard. It was long listed for four BIFA's and nominated for the Raindance Discovery Award. It won Best Feature at the Barnes Film Festival 2021 and Jennifer was nominated for the New Visions Award, at the 2021 Sitges Film Festival.
Having grown up in South London, Jennifer developed her love for film at the BRIT school where she was introduced to Asian horror by her inspirational teacher, the late Dean Peckett. She worked her way into the industry using self taught editing skills and ultimately became a respected scripted comedy editor - credits include 'Cuckoo' and 'The League Of Gentlemen'.
Now a respected television and film director, her TV credits include 'The Snow Spider' (CBBC), 'Rules of the Game' (BBC) and both series of the award-winning and BAFTA nominated 'Extraordinary' for Disney+ & Hulu.
She's represented by Robert Taylor at The Artists Partnership for Television and features in the UK. Zac Frognowski at Brillstein in the US.- Director
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Kate Tsang is known for So You've Grown Attached (2014), Marvelous and the Black Hole (2021) and Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020).- Writer
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Jamie Magnus Stone (born 15 December 1985) is a Scottish film director, writer and animator, who studied at the National Film and Television School. He is the son of Scottish broadcaster Sally Magnusson and film director Norman Stone and grandson of Magnus Magnusson.
Stone has worked in British TV since directing BBC's The Village in 2014.
In 2020, he became the lead director on Doctor Who series 12 and returned the following year as lead director for series 13.
Stone studied film and television at the Edinburgh College of Art where he made his first films; Flights, about an old man and his flight of stairs, and the Scottish BAFTA nominated Fritz about a German Spy who lives under a boy's bed. Whilst directing fiction films, he also developed his skills in sand animation and won the MacLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Best Animation at BAFTA Scotland in 2008 for his series of Three Minute Wonders, The World According To, produced by Anders Jedenfors.
Stone enrolled at the National Film and Television School in 2010. He was interviewed by The Guardian in 2010 after making his first year film, Far Removed.
He wrote and directed Sh-Boom in February 2011 which was premiered at the NFTS' Stars of Tomorrow Screening at BAFTA in September 2011. The film was shot entirely in a bin besides a dramatic opening sequence involving a bride on fire.
In August 2011, Stone directed his graduation film, Skyborn, about a father and son stuck in a foggy post apocalyptic wasteland. Stone also wrote and directed the screenplay. It was screened at the BFI in March 2012 as part of the NFTS' graduation ceremony. The film was shot in constant fog and involved flying machines, pyrotechnics, miniatures and chickens.
In August 2014, Stone was nominated for a BAFTA for his short film Orbit Ever After, a steam punk space love story that went on to win several awards at international film festivals.
Since then, Stone has directed several British and Canadian TV shows for BBC, Channel 4, Sky, CBC and Acorn as well as the innovative film/video-game project Erica for Sony Playstation in 2018.
He lives between Glasgow and London- Director
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Ryan cut his teeth telling campfire stories in his native Colorado mountains, then decamped to New York to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Ryan then attended Royal Holloway, University of London and received a Master's in Screenwriting. He now directs and produces narrative, documentary, and commercial films through his production company Storytellers Ink, which have taken him to Brazil, Russia, West Africa, and New Jersey.- Actress
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Kailey is an actor, director, and writer.
She is originally from Bowen Island, BC. Her passion for storytelling started early - she started acting at a local theatre school on the island in grade two. Since then she has additionally developed as a writer and director. She attended the 4 year film program at Simon Fraser University and graduated with honours in 2012.
She and her twin sister, Sam Spear, co-direct their films.- Director
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Sam Spear is an actor/writer/director originally from Nexwlelexm (Bowen Island) BC, Canada. Her love of storytelling started with her father reading Shakespeare to her at a young age. This led her into joining her local theatre school where she fell in love with acting. Her love of storytelling later had her branch out into film where she now works as a director and writer as well as an actor. She and her twin sister, Kailey Spear, co-direct together.- Director
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Giacomo's love for cinema started after watching Disney's "Jungle Book", and even writing his version of E.T. at the age of six.
He graduated with an MA in filmmaking at the London Film School writing, directing and producing the short film La Città nel Cielo (City in the Sky) that premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival. In 2014 he wrote, produced and directed the award winning short film The Nostalgist based on a short story by Daniel H. Wilson.
The short received its worldwide festival premiere at the Palm Springs Short Fest in June 2014, where it was awarded the runner-up prize for live-action short above 15 minutes.
It was subsequently awarded the first prize as Best Short in the Generator 18+ (Fiction) Section at the 2014 Giffoni Film Festival, Audience Award at Utopiales 2014, Audience Award (Méliè d'Argent) at Trieste Science + Fiction, Audience Award at the Sapporo Short Fest, best short film over 15 minutes at RAW Science Film Festival, best sci-fi Short Film at Leeds Int Film Festival and it was screened at Fantastic Fest, BFI London Film Festival, Lucca Comics and Games, the Asiana Short Film Festival, Arcipelago, Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, Ajyal Youth Film Festival and it has been selected for the Festival International du Court Métrage à Clermont-Ferrand.
The short also had a limited theatrical release in the United States and Russia. It is now distributed online on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Verizon Indieflix and We Are Colony.
The Nostalgist was also selected for the Short Takes section of the December 2014 issue of the American Cinematographer.
Giacomo, along with his partner Sonia Goncalves, is the co-founder of Lirius Games, a vibrant and passionate micro-company, woven into existence by their shared dreams and creative aspirations. Lirius is the publisher of Age of Comics: The Golden Years, a board game where players run a publishing company during the golden age of comics (1938-54). The IP is being shopped for film/TV development.- Producer
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Alexander Jeffery hails from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was raised in El Dorado, Arkansas and is now based in Shreveport, Louisiana where he co-owns the production company Bespoke Works LLC with his friend and longtime collaborator, Paul Petersen. After receiving a double major in Theatre Performance and Film & New Media from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2011, Alexander moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams of acting and filmmaking. Quickly realizing Los Angeles wasn't the right fit for him, Alexander moved back to the south to make low-budget, independent films with his friends.
His first feature film, A Chance Encounter, was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films in October of 2022, both theatrically and on-demand, after winning the audience choice award at Heartland Film Festival in 2020. In 2015, his short film The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy won the $50,000 Grand Prize at the Louisiana Film Prize. MTV called it "an acutely relevant, achingly human film." Alexander's latest feature, Days of Daisy, was recently picked up for distribution by Good Deed Entertainment, and his first feature-length documentary, You Have No Idea, won the Audience Choice award for Best Southern Feature at the Oscar-qualifying Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in 2022.
Coming from a long line of educators, Alexander loves mentoring film and acting students of all ages and experience. He also strives to be a life-long student of the world and an avid traveler like his grandfather who had a profound impact on him.- Producer
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Carys Watford is an award-winning Writer/Director passionate about making comedic, female led films packed with personality and heart. Her debut feature script, 'Fly in the Ointment', won the 2019 BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition (Film) & her short film, Space Girls, won the Grand Prize Children's Live Action Short Award at the BAFTA- and Oscar-qualifying Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2018.