Philip Thompson
Directing
Biography
Philip Thompson is a Brooklyn based filmmaker, named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2023. His work investigates popular media’s influence on culture and the one-sided “looking” relationship between audiences and image subjects. His films have screened at Palm Springs, Atlanta, Lago, Onion City, and Athens, and was featured on Nobudge Films of the Year.
Known For
As a young hacker challenges the corporation behind Meme—a drug that mines users’ psyches to deliver personalized psychedelic trips and hyper-targeted ads—intersecting stories unfold in strange, fractured rhythms.
In the Glow of Darkness
An exploration of the emotional divide between fiction and reality in the American sitcom.
Living Reality
The host of a children's television show aimed for creativity starts experiencing burnout after needing to force that creativity every day.
I'm At Home
While mowing her lawn Janice uncovers a hole in the ground and is forced to navigate its ever-looming sounds and presence.
There is a Hole in the Ground
Two strangers quietly struggle to navigate their changing identities as the summer draws to a close.
The Birds Tell Me All There Is To Know
A young woman's night unravels into chaos after she accidentally locks herself into a chastity belt during a house party and loses the key.
The Belt
After making his granddaughter sleep with the light off, Frank struggles coming to terms with the dark.
I Don't Fight the Dark as Well as I Used To
The Four Prong Approach follows a young inventor who attempts to bring forks into a fork-less world.
The Four Prong Approach
A cheesy love story.
Macaroni Serenade
Public Space explores occupied territory in the United States via the history of Seattle and its scenic parks system. Landscapes of past and present come crashing together to reveal a mass erasure of indigenous presence.