Carter M. Phillips
Directing
Biography
Carter M. Phillips is an American actor, screenwriter, editor, and director with a career that started while he was in high school. He's most well known for his short films: They Came from the Attic (2022), Fragments of Paradise (2023), and Without Heartbeat (2023). From his expressionist and surrealist early efforts to his more neo-realistic later films, Carter implements a do-it-yourself style to his movies.
Known For
A teenage boy is home alone for the weekend but when nocturnal creatures living in his attic escape, he must survive.
They Came from the Attic
The sun sets over the countryside leaving its inhabitants lost in nightmares masquerading as slumber. Three stories are shown, each one a twisted narrative about death and the aftermath of it.
The Lost Memories of Slumber
A film made by Carter M. Phillips
Fragments of Paradise
The evening of a summer day is replaced with the strange happenings and atmosphere of night.
Dread in the Night
Interviews involving the short film They Came from the Attic, with members of the cast and crew.
Interviews with the Makers of Monsters: They Came from the Attic
On 5-18-2022, a shooting near Sheyenne High School forced it into an abrupt lockdown during a field day. Students and residents who lived near the building were ordered to stay in the gym, unaware of what was happening. Tuker Heil and Carter M. Phillips recorded the events as they took place.
5-18-2022: A School Under Lockdown
Rain soaked streets and a sun baked evening are the backdrop to this tale of a downtown down-and-out killed in gang violence.
Without Heartbeat
The winter season becomes dreadful as Zombies awaken and reek havoc.
Zombies From the Snow
A boy stuck between life and death walks down a hall of memories.
Eresomim: A Short Film Lost in the Annals of Time and Space
Created during Carter and Ben’s ISS (In School Suspension) as a documentation of the day and examination of the isolating effects of it, Made in the Cell is an amateur documentary about shenanigans and boredom.
Made in the Cell
A person dies, and sees the moments of they’re life leading up to that moment.