LEWIS CRANSTON
Glasgow-based filmmaker with a particular interest in building and exploring spaces and the connection between characters and space. In particular, the theme of landscape, both natural and urban, is familiar theme in all Lewis’ work to date. A recent graduate of Screen Academy Scotland's BA Film Programme
NEW WORK
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The Watergaw
A man attempts to initiate the sale of his ancestral land in the Scottish Borders but in the process finds himself confronted by his own past and the mystical qualities of the landscape
Earlier works
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Andrew Cranston, Studio Sounds
Made in 2020 in collaboration with the Ingelby Gallery in Edinburgh. An insight into the work of Scottish painter Andrew Cranston during the COVID-19 lockdown
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Silver Screen Dreams
Made in 2021. The final film of the Mountain Thyme trilogy. A document of the loneliness of lockdown and the need for cinema
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The Highland Wind
Made in 2018. The first in the Mountain Thyme trilogy. A poetic reflection on dreams of Scotland, youth and loneliness
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EDUCATION
BA (hons) Film
Edinburgh Napier University
2018-2023
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WORK
The Watergaw (2024) - writer/director/producer/sound designer. My graduate film at Screen Academy Scotland/Edinburgh Napier University. 16 minute folk horror starring Colin McCredie, Strath Martin and David R Montgomery. Premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2024
Andrew Cranston, Studio Sounds (2020) – directed, produced, photographed, edited and sound designed. A portrait of the artist Andrew Cranston commissioned by the Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh. Published on their website
The Highland Wind (2018) – directed, produced, photographed, edited and sound designed. An experimental short that was screened as part of the official selection of Blueprint Scottish Shorts at Glasgow Film Theatre on 13th December 2018