The House Was Not Hungry Then (2025) — writer, director
Runtime: 93min. Shot in Angus, Scotland. Starring Bobby Rainsbury (The Crown, Filth), Clive Russell (Game of Thrones, Outlander), and Bill Paterson (Fleabag, House of the Dragon).
While searching for her estranged father, a young woman breaks into an empty house in the countryside where every visitor disappears. Now she must avoid the man posing as a real estate agent who lures victims inside.
“Transfixing and strange” - The Mercury News
”Menacing, engrossing … a contemplative horror subversion” - High on Films
”Truly unnerving … certainly worth seeking out” - Horror Fuel
Premiering March 22nd at Cinequest — get tickets here.
Screener available to reviewers. View the EPK here.
Eradication (2022) — writer
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine - into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
Watch free on Tubi: https://link.tubi.tv/eradication
About me
Hello!
I'm a queer Scottish/American filmmaker. I studied screenwriting and playwriting at Brown University, and I love comedy, horror, historical and speculative fiction, and their intersections with queerness and privilege.
Competition placements & wins
Sundance Screenwriting Lab
ScreenCraft
WeScreenplay
Fresh Voices
Residencies
ArtFarm
The Studios of Key West
Press
‘ORCS OF NEW YORK’ Is The ‘HONY’ Parody Even Sauron Would Adore (Huffington Post)
This Humans Of New York Parody Account For Orcs Is Everything (BuzzFeed)
Netflix star Harry home in Angus for busman’s holiday directorial debut (The Courier)
Making a Pandemic Horror/Thriller During a Pandemic: The Quarantine-and-Bubble Strategy of “BANISHMENT” (Filmmaker Magazine)
Interview with 2020 Fresh Voices Horror Division Winner Harry Aspinwall (MovieBytes)
‘SIDEWAYS SMILE’ queer comedy webseries spotlights Asian woman’s sexual journey (Q Voice News)
A Comedy Series To Make You Smile (LezWatch.TV)
What’s next
My directorial feature debut, The House Was Not Hungry Then, starring Bobby Rainsbury (The Crown, Filth), Clive Russell (Game of Thrones, Outlander), and Bill Paterson (Fleabag, House of the Dragon), is in festivals. A follow up dark comedy, Embodiment, starring Richard Kind (Argo, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black), and Katie Leclerc (Switched at Birth, The Big Bang Theory), is in production.