Lucca Vieira
Directing
Biography
Lucca Vieira is an award-winning 21-year-old Brazilian-born filmmaker based out of South Florida. He has been producing skits, animations and videos since the age of eight. At just 16, his debut short film, 'Parkland: Stories from the Survivors', was screened at four film festivals nationwide, and his latest horror short, "Silhouette," was selected at over eight film festivals across the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, his awards include two National YoungArts Foundation Merit prizes, a Scholastic Art and Writing Award, and a Best Student Short award at the Miami Short Film Festival. Now, at age 20, he has written and directed his first ever feature film, 'The Midway Point,' starring, among others, Thora Birch ('American Beauty'), Wes Studi ('The Last of the Mohicans,' 'Heat'), and Julie Benz of 'Dexter' fame.
Known For
Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Alice, he begins to experience the world in other ways. Little does Jake know, Alice may have more in common with him than he could imagine.
The Midway Point
While going on a weekend road trip with friends, a lonely teenage girl has visions of a dark, grisly monster, which start to become all too unnerving as the trip progresses.
Silhouette
Three teens host a Halloween radio show in Savannah, sharing local horror stories. As mysterious calls pour in, they discover FEAR ITSELF has crossed from fiction into their world.
99.9 FEAR FM
When a boisterous young man Ubers home after a long night out, the driver refuses to unlock the car door. Instead, he offers the kid one simple demand - "Slam your head against the window as hard as you possibly can."
As Hard As You Possibly Can
A self-conscious teenage girl will do anything to look perfect. When she begins injecting herself with a mysterious cosmetic drug, her body soon takes a monstrous turn.
Shift
Based on a short story by Stephen King, "The Milkman" is a short film directed by Owen Johnson.