Kelly Cooper

A wannabe wellness influencer goes viral for all the wrong reasons — but a mysterious cult might just hold the key to her redemption.

Through forty interconnected vignettes, Human Theories is a comedic kaleidoscope exploring how people try, and often fail, to connect with one another in this weird world. Filmed over a year on location in New York City with a diverse ensemble cast of over 50 actors and non-actors, the film is an experimental love letter to the awkward struggle of modern city living.

A lonely weed dealer spirals when she tries to make conversation with an uninterested client.

An aimless New Yorker visits her landlord to tell her she's moving out of her building.

In this MiniDV curio, a young woman moves to New York and becomes entangled in her roommates’ tumultuous relationship.

An embittered man-child rails against women for being so mean.

Sofia works as a location scout for a TV pilot filming in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the show will be filmed. Driving around the city's different neighborhoods, she enters the private spaces of strangers to photograph their cozy apartments and eclectic shops, stepping into the fabric of their lives while trying to satisfy the demands of her erratic employers. Over a day filled with these encounters, Sofia witnesses moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension until her work takes a sudden, personal turn.

Two grown men compete to be the most childish at a friend’s birthday party.

The cinematic origin story of William Banks' real journey to Car World – a planet in an alternate universe ruled by Worms who want to have sex with him.

An aspiring news anchor needs help with her self tape audition.

A lonely weed dealer spirals when she tries to make conversation with an uninterested client.

A lonely weed dealer spirals when she tries to make conversation with an uninterested client.

An aimless New Yorker visits her landlord to tell her she's moving out of her building.

An aimless New Yorker visits her landlord to tell her she's moving out of her building.

An aspiring news anchor needs help with her self tape audition.