Forrest Hartl
Acting
Biography
Forrest Hartl is an actor and writer from Norwalk, CA. He studied theatre at UC Berkeley and USC and teaches theatre at several Southern California community colleges. His short films The Whexican and A Boy and His Dad have won several awards. His first feature film, Free Lunch, premiered to a sold-out crowd at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Known For
Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.
V/H/S/85
When Arnie Silverman, a manic-depressive novelist, begins a bout of self-harm and lies to his girlfriend about it, his best friend and sister’s ex-boyfriend unintentionally lead him on a path to a new romance that could potentially solve his problems or send him to rock bottom.
The Beethoven Method
The day in the life of a social media content moderator as she faces her daily onslaught of disturbing content -- based on true, anonymous stories.
Moderator
Sam Gardner, a latchkey kid and strait laced honors student, along with his best buddies, Omar and Justin are the favorites in Mrs. Stackhouse's class. Sam's life is disrupted when the mysterious Sadie transfers to his school. She catches Sam's eye and convinces him to sneak into Mrs. Stackhouse's desk and steal lunch tickets so they can eat for free. As Sam and Sadie grow closer, it becomes clear that Sadie is more trouble than he bargained for as Sam struggles with his clashing identities of rule-breaker, wannabe detective and "good boy".