Comedy means finding ways to laugh at (and through) the miseries that existence offers us. I do that by treating silly subjects seriously.
GRAYSON WHITEHURST, III is a writer/director living in Brooklyn, NY.
Known for his offbeat perspective, his work is fearless and populated by unforgettable characters cast in surreal environments. The abrupt loss of his parents as an adolescent is perhaps the most significant contributor to his cynical worldview, and it’s this worldview that informs both his darkly comedic and dramatic sensibilities as a storyteller.
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INSTAGRAM:
@graysonwhitehurst
DIRECT CONTACT:
graysonwhitehurst@gmail.com
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PRESS & RECOGNITION:
Little Black Book | The Directors
“A Handful of Dust” premieres on Omeleto
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RECOMMENDED VIEWING:
LA POISON (dir. Sacha Guitry, 1950), THE VIRGIN SPRING (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1960), EYES WITHOUT A FACE (dir. Georges Franju, 1962), THE CREMATOR (dir. Juraj Herz, 1969), DON’T LOOK NOW (dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1974) COME AND SEE (dir. Elem Klimov, 1985), SPOORLOOS (dir. George Sluizer, 1988), THE KINGDOM (dir. Lars Von Trier, 1994-1997), CURE (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997), FUNNY GAMES (dir. Michael Haneke, 1997), TASTE OF CHERRY (dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1998), THE WAILING (dir. Na Hong-jin, 2016), THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017), FIRST REFORMED (dir. Paul Schrader, 2018)