Toby Kearton
Toby Kearton was born on Jun 20, 1997 in UK. Toby Kearton's big-screen debut came with Air Raid 1945 directed by Toby Kearton in 2015. Toby Kearton is known for The Little Picture directed by Toby Kearton, Jonas Grosserhode stars as Otto Hilfrich and Benjamin Schnau as Günter Wolfgang. Toby Kearton has got 9 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Toby Kearton achieved is Top Shorts Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Toby Kearton plays is Hidden Wounds which will be released on May 30, 2022.
Toby Kearton is a British independent award winning director, screenwriter & producer. He is best known for the independent short film 'Dissonance' (2018) as well as the short films 'The Little Picture' (2018) and 'The Dust Child' (2018). He has recently announced his involvement in his feature film directorial debut.Born in Harlow, Essex, UK on June 20th 1997 as a young child, Toby had an infinite number of titles available to him. After realizing filmmaking and storytelling was his passion, he began to make stop motion animation films at the age of 8, borrowing his fathers digital camera and became a member of the BFI (British Film Institute) in 2012. In 2014 Toby was employed as a runner on the British film 'Tulip Fever' (2017), ultimately starting his film career at the age of 17. After finishing school at the age of 18 and having completed A-levels in Modern History, Archaeology, Politics and Film, Toby attended film school in Burbank, California. Toby graduated from The New York Film Academy in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In his 3 years at film school perfecting his craft, Toby completed many short films which have been screened at various film festivals across the world. Toby is best known for the independent short film 'Dissonance' (2018) which premiered at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018. He is also known for his unique take on historical films with 'The Little Picture' and 'The Dust Child' which have won over 20 awards collectively, including Best Director at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Toby is currently writing an upcoming Neo-Western -- 'Badwater Basin'.
Birthday
Jun 20, 1997Place of Birth
Harlow, Essex, England, UK
Known For
Awards
9 wins & 12 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2022
writer, director
- 2018
writer, producer, director
9.1 - 2018
director, writer
9.2 - 2015
director, producer, writer
- 2015
director