Leland Montgomery
Directing
Biography
Leland Montgomery is an LA based writer and director. In 2015 his web series, God Particles, won the International Academy of Web Television for Best Microbudget Series. In 2016 his short film Cruisers screened at Cinema Diverse. In 2017 He wrote and directed the short film Like Animals which went on to screen at the 40th Asian American Film Festival, The San Diego Asian American Film Festival and LA Shorts International. In 2019 He wrote and directed the short film Black Cat in a Dark Room which screened at Fantasia Fest, Outfest's Genre Night, Hollyshorts, The Calgary International Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, Chattanooga Film Festival and The Catalina Film Festival where it won the Wes Craven Award for Best Horror Short.
Known For
The lives of three residents of Redlands, California -- a middle-aged glamour photographer, his model and her musician boyfriend -- intersect and ultimately collide in this claustrophobic adult drama.
Redlands
On the eve of his 30th birthday, a gay slacker must overcome his crippling insecurities in order to find love.
Hotter Up Close
After the death of their mother, three sisters try to figure out how to move forward with their lives.
Like Animals
After years of helping euthanize the terminally ill, a "hospice" worker begins to question the ethics of her job.
Black Cat in a Dark Room
Three young tourists buy a sunglass camera to record their trip to Los Angeles – and get mixed up in a drug deal gone wrong.
Shades
God Particles is a series of shorts that chronicles the days leading up to the creation of the god particle and, quite possibly, the end of the world.
God Particles
Lonely and bored, two boys attempt to establish some sort of intimacy with one another in the East Bay hills.
Cruisers
Director: Alice Winslow
#BlueBoar
After a messy breakup, a couple says their final goodbyes.