Chris Collier
Directing
Biography
Chris Collier was born in Brighton, East Sussex, England. He is a director best known for his trilogy of films exploring stories from the edge of cinema: Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys (2025), Title (Year) Director. Place (2023), and FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema (2018). Drawing on the rich tradition of British documentary filmmaking, Chris focuses on intimate, character-driven narratives, witnessing lives, finding the extraordinary in the everyday, and sharing the insights these stories reveal. In contrast to his documentary work, most of Chris's other work is experimental art house, where he has made several films, including several one-off installations in collaboration with contemporary pop artist Billy Chainsaw. These works were exhibited at various galleries across London between 2016 and 2018. Chris's initial work in film was in the sound department, completing the sound design on many projects. This included the sound restoration for the feature documentary The Woods Movie (2015). The initial move to film was a natural progression from music production. While developing future projects, he has continued to work in the sound department and as an editor on several short subjects and feature films. He was a founding partner in the 24 Foot Square production company.
Known For
Assembling a vast range of footage from every single past event and putting together dozens of interviews, the result is a warts-and-all look at the people behind FrightFest and what makes the UK’s best genre festival tick.
FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema
Charlie (a newly formed gangster), patiently waits back of the car for the go ahead for his next job. Where he must break into an abandoned pub/bar to rescue the abducted woman and face the danger which lies ahead.
Oh Boy Charlie
Title (Year) Director. Place is a documentary in the celebratory style of Free Cinema. An intimate portrait of Alan Goble, an obsessed octogenarian with many interests but one passion: to detail, every film ever made anywhere in the world from the earliest days of cinema to the present. This is the story of his and our time through a close-up view of an unusual, extraordinary, and individual life.
Title (Year) Director. Place
When Stefania falls pregnant, Jose becomes suspicious about the nature of the clearing work she's undertaking to help support the family. Paranoid that she's keeping something from him, he follows her. However, rather than reveal Stefania's secrets, Jose steps into his own nightmares and finds himself exploring his own guilt.
Phometrica
Told in Graham Humphreys' own words and through a series of intimate conversations, Captured Souls explores the life and legacy of the UK's most iconic horror illustrator. From a childhood marked by a haunting Ladybird skeleton to the gouache-drenched goth era of Evil Dead and Nightmare on Elm Street, Graham reflects on a career that has defined horror for generations. Featuring discussions with Reece Shearsmith, Andy Nyman, Madeline Smith, Alan Jones, and more, the film charts a vivid time line through banned video sleeves, goth clubs, iconic posters, and the rediscovery of a lost original.