- Born
- Birth nameToby William Kearton
- Nicknames
- Tobias
- T
- Height5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
- Toby Kearton is a British independent award winning film director. He is best known for the independent short film Dissonance (2018) as well as the short films The Little Picture (2018) and The Dust Child (2018). He has recently announced his involvement in his feature film directorial debut.
Born in Harlow, Essex, UK on June 20th 1997 as a young child, Toby had an infinite number of titles available to him. After realizing filmmaking and storytelling was his passion, he began to make stop motion animation films at the age of 8, borrowing his fathers digital camera and became a member of the British Film Institute in 2012. In 2014 Toby was employed as an assistant on the film Tulip Fever (2017), ultimately starting his film career at the age of 17.
After finishing school at the age of 18 and having completed A-levels in Modern History, Archaeology, Politics and Film, Toby attended film school in Burbank, California. Toby graduated from The New York Film Academy in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In his 3 years at film school perfecting his craft, Toby completed many short films which have been screened at various film festivals across the world.
Toby is best known for the independent short film Dissonance (2018) which premiered at the Court Métrage at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018. He is also known for his unique take on historical films with The Dust Child (2018) and The Little Picture (2018) which have won over 20 awards collectively, including Best Director at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the latter holding over 790k views on YouTube.
Toby has recently displayed his versatility as a filmmaker, having written and directed the veteran mental health PSA, Hidden Wounds (2022), the short films Pricks (2023) adapted from the successful play of the same name, the WWI drama Kamerad (2024) and documentary short Dick Dangerfield: Defending Drama (2024). Toby is currently writing the upcoming tragicomedy: UnPresidented.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Favourite movie is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
- Related to wildlife photographer pioneer and filmmaker Cherry Kearton.
- Worked in Pre-Production of reality TV shows Tattoo Fixers (2015) and Gold Rush: White Water (2018).
- Directed Dissonance (2018) at the age of 19 which was granted the official selection at the Court Métrage at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
- In an interview for the Set Stories Potcast, he cited his five favourite films as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (directed by Milos Forman), Jaws (1975) (directed by Steven Spielberg, Taxi Driver (1976) (directed by Martin Scorsese), There Will Be Blood (2007) (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) and The Shining (1980) (directed by Stanley Kubrick).
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