Directing
Christian Sparkes
Place of birth
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Christian Sparkes is an award winning writer and director hailing from Newfoundland, Canada. He has directed numerous episodes of television and his films have screened at the world's top festivals including TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Busan. An alumnus of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, Christian's debut feature Cast No Shadow was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture. His sophomore feature Hammer starring Will Patton and Mark O'Brien debuted in 2020 and received widespread acclaim from Roger Ebert and The Hollywood Reporter, amongst others. His third and fourth feature films, Sweetland and The King Tide, are set to be released in 2023, the latter of…
Known for
6.8After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
The King Tide
2024
5.5A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Hammer
2019
6.8The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
Sweetland
2023
A man who is completely colorblind meets a girl and starts seeing color.
Decolored
2011
A dark fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.
A River in the Woods
2011
6.6One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Cast No Shadow
2014
Behind the camera
6.8After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
The King Tide
2024
5.5A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Hammer
2019
5.5A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Hammer
2019
6.8The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
Sweetland
2023
6.8The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
Sweetland
2023
A man who is completely colorblind meets a girl and starts seeing color.
Decolored
2011
A dark fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.
A River in the Woods
2011
A dark fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.
A River in the Woods
2011
A dark fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.
A River in the Woods
2011
6.6One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Cast No Shadow
2014
6.6One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Cast No Shadow
2014
10.0Short film by Christian Sparkes. Disturbing and poignant story that dives deep into the unconscious side of pain, grief and love.
Night for Night
2023
10.0Short film by Christian Sparkes. Disturbing and poignant story that dives deep into the unconscious side of pain, grief and love.
Night for Night
2023
Lou our guide takes us to the dark and flooded underground corridors of the vast and abandoned mining complex that lies beneath the surface of "Bell Island" in Newfoundland.
The Iron Island
2016
A lonely Doctor forms an unlikely relationship with a family of vampires.
The Offering
2012