Writer, Director, Sound Designer, Storyteller
Telling powerful stories for modern audiences.
I believe every moment of a film is a moment to be remembered, so I make memorable moments from pre-production all the way to post.
MY CREDITS
Picture This: Aphantasia and the Arts (Short Doc: 2021)
This is Where it Ends (Short Drama: 2022)
CONVERSION (Short Experimental Dance: 2023)
Blizzard Conditions (Upcoming Horror Feature)
Hunter/Trapper (Experimental Featurette: 2023)
Salt Kills (PSA: 2024)
N.E.S.T. (Sci-fi Short: 2024)
SPEC SCRIPTS
The Pavilion (Horror Feature)
The Butcher (Crime Drama Feature)
Post Hoc (Crime Drama Short & Feature)
Lost Not Found (Absurdist Stage Play & Feature)
This is Where it Ends (Short Drama: 2022) – Sound Supervisor
Eulogy (Short Drama: 2022)
CONVERSION (Short Experimental Dance: 2023)
Misdirection (Award Winning Short Drama: 2022) – Dubbing Mixer
Attu (Short Experimental: 2024)
A Ballad of Blood and Bones (Short Comedy: 2024)
Penitence (Short Experimental Thriller: 2024)
Kate is Sad (Award Winning Short Comedy: 2023) – 2nd AC
Hunter/Trapper (Experimental Featurette: 2023) – Camera Operator
Attu (Short Experimental: 2024) – 1st AC
A Ballad of Blood and Bones (Short Comedy: 2024) – 1st AC
God is Great/The Devil’s Eye (Short Drama: 2024) – 1st AC
Picture This: Aphantasia and the Arts (Short Doc: 2021) – Producer
CONVERSION (Short Experimental Dance: 2023) – Producer
Hunter/Trapper (Experimental Featurette: 2023) – Producer
Penitence (Short Experimental Thriller: 2024) – Associate Producer, 1st Assistant Director, Location Manager
Anguilla (Short Experimental: 2024) – Script Supervisor
Whether it's a beautiful story you need, a clean, captivating image, or engrossing and mesmerising sound, I am here for it.
MY STORY
Always a storyteller.
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Hi, I’m Cole. I’m a filmmaker born and raised in Colorado, living and working in Leeds, West Yorkshire. I have always wanted to tell stories — on the page, on the stage, and on screen. Over the years I have written short stories, novels, one acts, stage plays, short and feature films to tell the stories I have in my mind, and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon.
Throughout my high school experience I worked towards the arts, working on my own films and studying theatre. As I left high school and went to university I moved from the US to the UK to study filmmaking with a focus on sound design and directing at the Northern Film School in Leeds. I spent my three years there working on as many projects as possible, directing five short films in the time, as well as sound designing ten short films, writing four shorts produced at the university, focus pulling for three short films, being a first assistant director, sound recordist, producer, story advisor, and more on other projects.
Filmmaking is an art form, and it was long before it was an industry. As such I believe that every film needs to be treated as a work of art, making every moment count, both auditorily and visually. I believe that although the film ends with the audience, it begins with the artists making it, and it should mean as much if not more to them than it will to the audience.
To make every beat impactful I have spent years studying storytelling techniques. To make every frame perfect I have pulled focus on as many projects as I can to make sure I can get it right. To make the sound immaculate I have learned Pro Tools in and out, and mastered surround sound in 5.1, 7.1, and Dolby Atmos so that the audience feels properly immersed in the film.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Awards won by projects I worked on
PHOTO GALLERY
Behind the scenes
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Let's make great films.
I collaborate with filmmakers in all genres working in the US, UK, and Europe. I am here to help tell the stories you want the world to see and hear, so let's get to it!