Joshua Michael Payne

The perfect movie DOES exist! Doug and Carol travel to the port city of Milan, where they have to solve a series of murders committed by a masked slasher at an Italian Fertility Festival. And Soviet Spies. INTERPOL’s there, too.

Story of displacement, power, and vulnerability told through the relationship between a hostess, the bartender she loves, and the boss who controls them. The story is set in the underworld of the New York City's Japanese Diaspora.

The inept cast and crew of a surprise hit reality-TV show travel deep into the Adirondack mountains for their second season to find proof that Bigfoot exists. Any remaining skepticism they have is ripped to pieces.

A woman hires a photographer to document her estranged family's last day with their dying matriarch, but her sister is running late.

On Halloween night, two young women leave a party to venture into the woods in search of their friend, who has mysteriously disappeared. They stumble on a vast ruined building that shouldn't be there - when they go inside, they soon realize that they shouldn't be there either.

A Father and a Son each have a secret. When both secrets come to light in the span of an evening, the two men must decide how to move forward in an attempt to salvage their relationship.

A highly conservative Christian couple struggle to find intimacy on their wedding night as a result of their repressed Midwestern upbringing.

A couple's fourth of July weekend is interrupted by the arrival of an estranged childhood friend.

A troubled young man, Tommy, hires an escort, Lucy, to keep him company. While Tommy is all thumbs, Lucy goes about business like a pro. But what Tommy has in store for Lucy may test the limits of her professionalism.

Trying to cope with his two-year relationship ending, Duke attempts to try to hook up with an old fling. Received an Honorable Mention for Best Comedy Short at the Independent Shorts Awards in June 2021.

TRANSIENCE tells the story of Tom and George, a couple who have been together for many years, but have reached a crossroads in their relationship. George is moving ahead with a successful professional life, while Tom is still trying to enjoy life, as if he were in his 20's, staying out late, partying hard. Will the party ever end for Tom? Will he commit to George fully?

The morning after hooking up, two recent college grads wrestle with their feelings for each other while a strange and inexplicable phenomenon creeps up in the background.

In a town riddled with racism and KKK activity, Carson, an African-American man, finds trust where he least expects it.