Writer
An entitled young writer is driven mad by a sequence of infuriating events. He's impatient to succeed and can't handle rejection so when he gets a little taste of hardship his ego crumbles and he violently lashes out.
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Sam BrewsterDirector
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Sam BrewsterWriter
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Sam BrewsterProducer
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Charles RestonKey Cast
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, Satire, Comedy
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Runtime:12 minutes 25 seconds
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Completion Date:October 31, 2013
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Production Budget:3,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Super 16mm
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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MUSIC & SOUND AwardsLondon
United Kingdom
November 14, 2014
UK
Nominated best score -
Pennine Film FestivalSalford
United Kingdom
July 15, 2016
UK
Nominated best short -
Portsmouth Film FestivalPortsmouth
United Kingdom
October 14, 2016
Nominated best short
Born in Scotland, but growing up in Belgium and Sheffield, I started out as an illustrator and now work as a freelance director based in London.
My films have been screened at festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, PÖFF, Bolton and London Short Film Festival and I am currently working on more shorts whilst developing a feature about lorry drivers in 1970s.
I wanted to make a short film that had a contemporary interpretation of the 'angry young man' archetype, not as an oppressed individual, but instead as an over-entitled one.
Since making this film, I realise now that Nick is an incel. It was made before the term had come into use, so I didn't have the vocabulary to describe his absurd entitlement and making this film helped me to understand it better.
Perhaps the closest comparison in film before this is Schumacher's Falling Down, although I feel like it ultimately isn't objective enough on Michael Douglas' character. When I made Writer I wanted to step out of Nick's perspective for a brief moment at the end, to throw into sharp relief how ridiculous and horrific he is behaving.