Gregory Crewdson

Filmed over a decade, Brief Encounters follows internationally renowned photographer Gregory Crewdson's quest to create his unique, surreal, and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. He sets a house on fire, builds 90 foot sets with crews of sixty, shuts down city streets...all in the service of his haunted image of American life, and his own anxieties, dreams and inner desires. Brief Encounters is an intimate portrait of one of the most heralded image-makers of our time.

Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.

A fragile mother has a hard time keeping her life together while raising her teenage daughter and 13-year-old sun who is diagnosed with XP, a rare medical condition causing him to be lethally sensitive to light.

Documentary following Gregory Crewdson through his process from casting to shoot.