
Directing
Johnny Coffeen
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Directing
Credits
8 titles
Johnny Coffeen is a Student Academy Award-winning director who received the honor while attending the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts. His work leans toward surreal, psychologically driven storytelling and is grounded in a highly collaborative process. Early in his career, he worked in the editing room on the SXSW Grand Jury Prize-winning film Short Term 12, an experience that shaped his approach to performance and rhythm. Following his Student Academy Award, Coffeen’s master’s thesis film, The Swan Girl, premiered at David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption, earning a personal endorsement from Lynch himself: ‘Pretty damn good.’ His short films, The Circle Game and The False Mirror…
Known for
NRTwo exes wake up trapped in a house buried under an avalanche as their bittersweet past and nightmarish future collapse into each other.
The Avalanche
2026
NRThe lives of a psychedelic psychiatrist and an impotent husband intertwine after a dose of a time-bending drug.
The False Mirror
2019
NRA video game character experiences the ups and downs of the human condition.
The Circle Game
2017
6.5Mysteriously held captive in his workshop, an artist must sculpt animated figures to atone for his past.
The Swan Girl
2016
Behind the camera
NRTwo exes wake up trapped in a house buried under an avalanche as their bittersweet past and nightmarish future collapse into each other.
The Avalanche
2026
NRTwo exes wake up trapped in a house buried under an avalanche as their bittersweet past and nightmarish future collapse into each other.
The Avalanche
2026
NRThe lives of a psychedelic psychiatrist and an impotent husband intertwine after a dose of a time-bending drug.
The False Mirror
2019
NRThe lives of a psychedelic psychiatrist and an impotent husband intertwine after a dose of a time-bending drug.
The False Mirror
2019
NRA video game character experiences the ups and downs of the human condition.
The Circle Game
2017
NRA video game character experiences the ups and downs of the human condition.
The Circle Game
2017
6.5Mysteriously held captive in his workshop, an artist must sculpt animated figures to atone for his past.
The Swan Girl
2016
6.5Mysteriously held captive in his workshop, an artist must sculpt animated figures to atone for his past.
The Swan Girl
2016
