
Calvin Lee Reeder
Directing
Biography
Calvin Lee Reeder is a writer, director, and occasional actor known for his inventive and unconventional work. His films have won awards at Sundance, SXSW, AFI, Fantastic Fest, and others. He is a fellow of the Sundance Episodic Story Lab and began making films while employed as a construction worker in Seattle, Wa.
Known For

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
You're Next

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
V/H/S

A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
The Field Guide to Evil

After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small towns en route to reconnecting with his long lost brother.
The Rambler

A waitress working the night shift at a roadside diner in a small, industrial town becomes intrigued by a charming truck driver, while the diner's owner struggles to keep his dwindling business afloat.
The Off Hours

A quantum physicist develops a machine that creates a tunnel to a subatomic universe. In his quest to prove the machine's efficacy, he inadvertently discovers a radical treatment for cancer in lab rats. He now seeks human volunteers.
The A-Frame

A girl gets in a car accident and wanders through the woods, encountering all kinds of nightmarish things.
The Oregonian

Lynn Shelton's "My Effortless Brilliance" is a study in the relationship between cocky, fussy, thoroughly-city-mouse author Eric (Sean Nelson) and his ex-best-friend, the tersely powerful journalist and wood-chopper Dylan (Basil Harris). Dylan, fed up with Eric's self-involved antics, dumps him and disappears to live in a log cabin in the woods of Eastern Washington; two years later, Eric arrives (sporting a Prius, white sneakers, and a fear of spiders) to mend the friendship.
My Effortless Brilliance
A man is tranquilized on the street numb and finds himself tied up in empty room. But what is that thing coming down?
The Procedure
The wages of sin. A foul-mouthed family of brother and sister, in their late teens or early 20s, and their father run a small farm. During one argument between the siblings, ostensibly about her choice of a man to marry, she hints that she knows why he has no woman in his life. Later that night, when dad's sleeping off heavy drinking, brother and sister open Pandora's box.
Little Farm

Two strangers experience an alien phenomenon through the public access broadcast in a motel room.
The Bulb

When the rhythm guitarist of a band is pushed to attempt a solo, he instead starts to reveal some haunting hidden talents.
The Ripper
A dad joke comic lives in a van and stalks the industrial zone at night.
Harbor Island

Three unsuspecting heroes will rise to the peak of rock and roll stardom, only to face the most difficult challenge possible. They will conquer the airwaves via television and radio. They will encounter many strange and wonderful characters along the way. They will show the world what life is like when you live without boundaries!!! - jerkbeast.com
Jerkbeast

A stranger takes to the lonely highway with his guitar and traveling sack.
The Rambler
When Alex and Michelle meet at a Seattle bus stop, they begin an idyllic courtship ... until one fateful picnic.
Piledriver

Two road weary travelers experience the supernatural and the refreshing taste of Miller Light.
The Snake Mountain Colada

Lust...one of the seven DEADLY sins.
Lust Kills

An experimental short film about a man on a self destructive journey.
Panhandle Jim

A man is forced to endure another strange experiment.