Harry Lighton
Directing
Biography
Harry Lighton is a British screenwriter and filmmaker based in London. He began making short films while studying literature at the University of Oxford. He directed the short film Wren Boys (2017), which was nominated for Best British Short Film at the 2018 BAFTAs and was winner of the Best British Short Film award at the UK Film Festival prior to its American premiere at Sundance. In recent years, Harry Lighton has collaborated on various projects with director Oliver Hermanus and is currently writing an upcoming biopic on Alexander McQueen. His feature directorial debut Pillion had its premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. He is the son of Sir Thomas Hamilton Lighton, 9th Baronet Lighton, and Belinda Jean Fergusson. His twin brother James is the heir apparent of the Lighton baronets. Like his father he attended Eton College, and represented his school at football alongside his brother.
Known For
Colin, a timid gay man, is swept off his feet when Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker, takes him on as his submissive in a crazy and erotic BDSM-focused relationship.
Pillion
In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.
The History of Sound
Tam gets on the first tube home, plugs himself into his phone and begins reliving his night out via social media stories.
Pompeii
On the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest from Cork drives his nephew to prison.
Wren Boys
June 2016. In their first ever European Championships, Wales march through to the semi-finals. For a girl gang in small-town South Wales, the line between patriotism and xenophobia becomes blurred.
Leash
In 'Sunday Morning Coming Down', two twin brothers head to the seaside town of Hastings where one of them has arranged to meet a man. Set in 1994, it is a story of brotherly love, which addresses homosexual exploration and the nature of fetish in a pre-online world.