Parker Croft
Director, Writer and Producer and more at AFIN
USA (from their AFIN films)
Film actor · Screenwriter · United States
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Biography
Parker Croft is an American director and screenwriter known for his portrayal of flawed, conflicted characters and his exploration of themes like mortality and love through a bold, voyeuristic visual style. His most recent short film, As Easy As Closing Your Eyes (2024), has earned 144 awards across more than 200 film festivals, including 16 for Best Director. His debut short, Suncatcher (2019), was similarly acclaimed, screening at 62 festivals and earning 13 awards. Croft first made his mark as a screenwriter with the feature Falling Overnight (2011), which won the Special Jury Prize at Cinequest and later streamed on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. In 2017, he co-founded Paper Horse Pictures, an award-winning film production company based in West Hollywood, California. In addition to his narrative work, he has directed music videos for artists such as The All-American Rejects.
AFIN recognition
From the Judges, on The Liars of Black Mountain Road (2026)
From the Judges, on The Liars of Black Mountain Road
A quiet two-hander about a couple whose small lies and evasions curdle into a contest for moral high ground, held together by performances that carry far more beneath the dialogue than in it. The panel responded to the confident, beautifully composed camerawork and its uneasy match with the tone, and to direction restrained enough to let silence and a held look do the work. Sound design earns its place too, with careful foley and well-judged cuts that keep the tension taut.
From the Judges, on Hell (2026)
From the Judges, on Hell
Dust, silence and decay give this short a barren world rendered with real confidence, and the panel found the cinematography and visual design powerful throughout. Animation craft and puppetry carry a dark story in an inventive register, with sound design and soundtrack building an ominous atmosphere and the voice performances grounding the surreal in something human. Bold, deliberate direction lets the world-building unfold on its own terms, leaving them engaged and wanting more.
From the Judges, on AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES (2024)
From the Judges, on AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES
A premise built around grief and a drug of reminiscence drew real warmth from the panel, and it stayed with them well after the final frame. They responded to the colour work and to visual effects used with restraint, arriving quietly and only where the story asks for them. Framing and shot choices hold the characters close, opening a very personal space and keeping us inside it.
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Credits at AFIN
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Selected filmography beyond AFIN
Primarily credited in acting across their wider career, per TMDB.
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Big Little Lies Brent2017 The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
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Lycan Kenny McKenzie1h 27m2017 When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into the Georgia backwoods to tackle the legend of Emily Burt, the Talbot County werewolf.
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Field of Lost Shoes Garland Jefferson1h 36m2015 A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
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1600 Penn Mike22m per episode2012 1600 Penn is an American single camera television comedy series about a dysfunctional family living in the White House.
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American Horror Story Devon2011 An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Once Upon a Time Felix43m per episode2011 There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
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Hooking Up John1h 35m2009 After "hooking up" with a series of guys at a house party, April is the talk of her high school.
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Nip/Tuck Jared 'Enigma' McCloud44m per episode2003 Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
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