Gavin Zahn

Other Work

• Snowflake LakeChristmas-in-July comedy featureExecutive producer

  Estranged siblings Nick and Noelle want to pack up their fabulous late grandmother’s lake house without any hassle, but secrets, betrayals, grief, scheming gay friends, and a last-minute Christmas-in-July party force the siblings to decide if their fraying bond is worth saving. Directed by Zach Schnitzer. Produced by Nate Simon. IMDb

  

• Playback (Short)Semi-found footage horror shortWriter, director, editor

  A young couple finds a camcorder in the basement of their new house. Best Found-Footage Short Film, Night Frights LA Film Festival. Also screened at the Golden State Film Festival and the Unnamed Footage Festival.

  

• midwest emo // math rock riff #7Concert documentaryDirector, editor, camera operator

  A concert doc featuring The Fisticuffs, Alex Moynihan and Shane Kleber.

  

• Working GroupObservational documentaryDirector, Director of Photography, Editor

  A documentary thesis created by Danny DaCosta under the Wesleyan College of Film and the Moving Image. This observational documentary follows a dedicated group of students at a mid-sized liberal arts university who attempt to connect and help custodial staff on campus.

  

In Development

• GrimvilleFound footage horror

  When a group of college students travel to a small, supposedly haunted town to film a documentary, they find themselves trapped in a nightmare realm that begins to rapidly distort everything and everyone inside of it.

• VenusSci-fi horror

  After his adventurous younger brother goes missing, a wealthy geologist leads an expedition in search of him to a remote island in the Pacific. While exploring the island, the group crosses paths with strange, cult-like settlers who are housing the man’s missing brother, ultimately discovering that the island is a living creature, capable of slowly flattening itself and snapping together, swallowing its prey whole.

• Losing ElmoreSurrealist drama / thriller

  After the death of his old writing partner, a washed-up, bitter novelist finds himself thrust in the spotlight with the unexpected success of his short story, forcing him to confront his past before his life unravels completely.

• The GacysComedy / surrealist drama

  After John Wayne Gacy is caught and arrested, a family of clowns, known as the Gacys, is forced to give up their lives on the stage. The father of the family, unable to move on, allows his relationships to crumble as he becomes obsessed with the idea that John Wayne Gacy has squandered his happiness and entirely ruined his life.

• DragonbreathFantasy horror

  As a dragon lays siege to a rural medieval village, a former knight tries to keep his family and the rest of the village safe until help from a nearby kingdom arrives.

Scripts, treatments, and TV and short-form samples available on request.