Edd Blott
Directing
Biography
For as long as he can remember, Edd Blott has loved telling stories. His grandfather, a painter, was instrumental in cultivating Edd's passion for the arts. His focus on cinema began in high school when he first saw Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion. A newly born cinephile at that moment, he began immersing himself in world cinema from all eras and experimenting on his own with whatever camera he could get his hands on. His directing credits include the feature films Escaping Freedom and A Tale of Delight. Currently, Edd is developing his next two feature films, the psychological thrillers Gehenna and Phantom People.
Known For
In the stillness of a remote town, a troubled writer intervenes in a neighbor’s abusive household— testing the limits of truth, heroism and his own fractured sense of self.
Beau Ideal
Vincent, a pastor from the Pacific Northwest, unearths his pain and doubt as he struggles to reconnect with his estranged sister through a series of increasingly personal letters.
Letters: A Prologue to Escaping Freedom
A young illustrator fights the haunting memories of his wife's tragic death. One day, his hope for healing is at risk when his family's desire for a happy Christmas force him to hold his pain and guilt inside.
A Tale of Delight
Foster siblings Vincent and Krystal have been estranged for many years. When they are forced to reunite, their polar opposite paths in life lead to an explosive outcome where each is made to come to terms with their own faults. Vincent is a pastor of a small church struggling with religious doubts and a burgeoning desire for another male pastor. Krystal, on the other hand, has devoted her life to full on exploration and hedonism through the arts yet struggles with the labels placed on her as a result. As each other's closest confidant as well as biggest critic, Vincent and Krystal attract and repel like magnets. When the siblings reunite, everything comes to a head, both within their relationship and within each of their individual lives.
Escaping Freedom
A father is forced to confront his past when fractured memories and supernatural nightmares collide, thrusting him into a reckoning with the daughter he failed.