Skyler Lawson

Directing

Skyler Lawson

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Skyler Lawson is a writer / director with his sight set on telling visceral stories that reflect American culture as he sees it. Lawson's films are rooted in ethical as well as philosophical concepts, exploring human faith and morality. Each one of Lawson's films are trademarked with lush and evocative camera work, paired with a challengingly dark undercurrent. His unflinching honesty often serves as a mirror of culture in the United States, but also offers an optimistic hand as it challenges the audience to look inward. His visual sensibilities are heavily influenced by his fine art background as a painter and later a designer. He graduated among the top of his class from Herron School of A…

Known for

Behind the camera

Whelm poster
NR

Set during the Great Depression, two Midwest brothers get tangled in a rivalry between a legendary bank robber and an eccentric young criminal.

Whelm

2021

Whelm poster
NR

Set during the Great Depression, two Midwest brothers get tangled in a rivalry between a legendary bank robber and an eccentric young criminal.

Whelm

2021

Nora poster
9.0

The onset of a new American depression has a young woman left with little options as a single day takes her for a trip through a romantic and brutal fever dream.

Nora

2017

Nora poster
9.0

The onset of a new American depression has a young woman left with little options as a single day takes her for a trip through a romantic and brutal fever dream.

Nora

2017

Nora poster
9.0

The onset of a new American depression has a young woman left with little options as a single day takes her for a trip through a romantic and brutal fever dream.

Nora

2017

Left Hand poster
8.0

When George Price arrived at basic training in 1944, he became brothers in arms with men of a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures from across America. For many of these young men being at war was their first time experiencing the melting pot that America was becoming. The war was not only fought on foreign soil but in the hearts and minds of the men who fought. This is a story about pride, identity and brotherhood set during a crucial turning point in American History.

Left Hand

2018

Left Hand poster
8.0

When George Price arrived at basic training in 1944, he became brothers in arms with men of a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures from across America. For many of these young men being at war was their first time experiencing the melting pot that America was becoming. The war was not only fought on foreign soil but in the hearts and minds of the men who fought. This is a story about pride, identity and brotherhood set during a crucial turning point in American History.

Left Hand

2018

Left Hand poster
8.0

When George Price arrived at basic training in 1944, he became brothers in arms with men of a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures from across America. For many of these young men being at war was their first time experiencing the melting pot that America was becoming. The war was not only fought on foreign soil but in the hearts and minds of the men who fought. This is a story about pride, identity and brotherhood set during a crucial turning point in American History.

Left Hand

2018