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Kristen Buckels Cantrell
Directing
Biography
Kristen is a director, writer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Her debut short film “No Man’s Land” premiered at the Oscar Qualifying Palm Springs International ShortsFest in 2022 and was named “Staff Favorite Short” at the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco. Her second short, “Otherside” was awarded “Best of Fest” at the Rogers Film Festival after its premiere on Film Shortage. Her short films highlight her interest in female characters who are dynamic: driven, power-hungry, ugly and redeemable all at once. Prior to directing, Buckels worked as a producer to comedians such as Nick Kroll & John Mulaney, Hasan Minhaj, and Mike Birbiglia. She then pivoted into scripted content working as the on-set creative producer on HBOMax’s SEARCH PARTY for seven years. Currently, Buckels is a fellow of the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program for the class of 2022, a semi-finalist for the 2023 ongoing Warner Bros. Diverse Director’s Program, a finalist for the AFI DWW+ Program 2023 and has shadowed David Gordon Green on RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES for HBO as well as Erin O’Malley for Disney+’s GOOSEBUMPS. Buckels is also an accomplished performer. Her comedy duo - “most” was recently featured in the Comedy Central special, ILANA GLAZER PRESENTS: COMEDY ON EARTH as well as Comedy Central presents TIGHT FIVE. Having spent countless hours on set, Buckels intimately understands the language of set and how to most effectively get the creative that she needs all while fostering a collaborative and productive environment with cast and crew.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Ilana Glazer Presents Comedy on Earth: NYC 2020-2021
Features different comedians who open up about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, doing virtual stand-up shows.
#womensmarch
Three millennial women living in New York who come together to prepare for one of the biggest moments in history, The Women's March in DC. After initial excitement the girls start to talk logistics and personal conflicts and their good intentions quickly unravel.
Rehab Cabin
Twenty-somethings Chloe & Dominic misguidedly kidnap their favorite former child star, Amanda Campbell, in hopes of returning her to her former glory.
Production
No Man's Land
On the day of their ascension, a cult of five brainwashed women are left behind, leading one of them to question her worldview.
No Man's Land
On the day of their ascension, a cult of five brainwashed women are left behind, leading one of them to question her worldview.
#womensmarch
Three millennial women living in New York who come together to prepare for one of the biggest moments in history, The Women's March in DC. After initial excitement the girls start to talk logistics and personal conflicts and their good intentions quickly unravel.
#womensmarch
Three millennial women living in New York who come together to prepare for one of the biggest moments in history, The Women's March in DC. After initial excitement the girls start to talk logistics and personal conflicts and their good intentions quickly unravel.
#womensmarch
Three millennial women living in New York who come together to prepare for one of the biggest moments in history, The Women's March in DC. After initial excitement the girls start to talk logistics and personal conflicts and their good intentions quickly unravel.
Apocalypse Besties
After accidentally surviving an apocalypse, best friends Sam and Becky decide it's up to them to save and repopulate the earth. Step one: take out each other’s IUDs.
Swim Fishy
Clea, a newly pregnant thirty-something struggling to get her life together, who reluctantly joins her tightly wound sister Frannie on a road trip to visit her estranged parents. When Clea brings along her free-spirited friend Abel to lighten the mood, clashing personalities and a string of chaotic detours force the trio to confront old wounds and buried truths on a journey that becomes an unexpected reckoning.
Swim Fishy
Clea, a newly pregnant thirty-something struggling to get her life together, who reluctantly joins her tightly wound sister Frannie on a road trip to visit her estranged parents. When Clea brings along her free-spirited friend Abel to lighten the mood, clashing personalities and a string of chaotic detours force the trio to confront old wounds and buried truths on a journey that becomes an unexpected reckoning.
Swim Fishy
Clea, a newly pregnant thirty-something struggling to get her life together, who reluctantly joins her tightly wound sister Frannie on a road trip to visit her estranged parents. When Clea brings along her free-spirited friend Abel to lighten the mood, clashing personalities and a string of chaotic detours force the trio to confront old wounds and buried truths on a journey that becomes an unexpected reckoning.