William Lancaster
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Biography
William Lancaster is an LA-based writer/director and editor with a BFA in Film and TV Production from NYU. Raised in a family of actors, he grew up watching plays and developed an obsession with storytelling. In his own work, William takes inspiration from the classic story techniques and archetypes he grew up with and incorporates them into a contemporary context to tell interesting, personal stories.
Known For
A lonely man’s obsession with an online mukbang livestreamer leads to a tense confrontation with an unsuspecting dinner guest.
Supper
In 2015 during the last weekend before graduation in Mill Valley, California, Ben and his friends are hell-bent on winning the Senior Scavenger Hunt, which involves completing outrageous, sexual, and illegal tasks—all filmed and posted on Facebook. In their quest to win, Ben goes a bit overboard with his ex, and his friend’s end up roping in Emma, his freshman sister. Wanting to be cool and one of the guys, Emma gets sucked into their plan to rack up points without realizing it. Ben suddenly feels compelled to protect her, which sparks a dilemma: confront his friends at the Post-Scav Hunt party or play it cool and enjoy his final moments of high school with his bros.
Ben's Sister
Roxy and Lily survive the night after botched plastic surgery.
Swollen
A dance of death between a mother and daughter ignites when the daughter attempts to install a new stove in her mother’s house in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
Dún Laoghaire
The story of a teenager struggling to survive in the foster system.
Aging Out
A mysterious short film that premiered around father's day and features Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains fame. The short centers around a group of middle-aged friends who play as a band based on their favorite rock music. Things become hectic when one of their guitar players becomes overbearing and far too demanding of the group's performance.
Dad Band
Separated by a shipwreck when they were babies, two sets of identical twins get mixed up in each other's lives over the course of a day. With no knowledge that the others exist, what follows is a rollicking afternoon of love misdirected, love misunderstood, a wayward necklace...and a goat. Adapted from Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and re-imagined as an early 1960's technicolor musical comedy.
Live at the Porpentine
Breastmilk follows a mother daughter duo as they consider the reality that Dana isn't Kat's biological mother.
Breastmilk
Minna, a self-flagellating influencer, is concealing her crush and fandom for Frank while invited to be a guest on his famous podcast. Frank is hiding his deep, longtime online obsession for Minna. She starts off strong with her performative vulnerability, but Frank eventually strips off her flirtatious facade and they discover they’re both even more attracted to the honest truth.