Lawrie Brewster
Lawrie Brewster is a Scottish indie filmmaker, director and producer, known for his 2013 film Lord of Tears, which won the Audience Award at the 2013 Bram Stoker International Film Festival.[1][2] He is also the director of Hex Media, a horror film production company that he runs with writer Sarah Daly, with whom he frequently collaborates, as well as technicians Michael Brewster and Tom Staunton.[3][4]
In 2014 Brewster began filming The Unkindness of Ravens, which was written by Daly and stars Jamie Scott Gordon, who co-starred in Lord of Tears.[5][2] The film moved into post-production during 2015 and Brewster launched a Kickstarter campaign to help with costs.[6] Brewster also frequently works with actress Alexandra Hulme, with whom he began working in 2010 on the Morgan M. Morgansen short films.
Filmography
Year | Film | Director | Producer | Editor | Cinematographer | With Daly | With Hulme | With Gordon | Notes |
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2010 | So Brightly in the Dark | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Short film |
2010 | Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Short film, also art director, visual effects, and actor - Food Penguin |
2010 | Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Short film, also art director, visual effects, and actor - Food Penguin |
2011 | White Out | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [7][8][9] |
2012 | Turnip Head | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Short film, also art director and visual effects[10] |
2012 | Empire | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Short film[11] | ||
2013 | Lord of Tears | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | [12][13][14] |
2015 | Kids vs Monsters | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
2015 | The Unkindness of Ravens | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | [5][15][16] |
2017 | The Black Gloves | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | [17][18] |
2018 | The Devil's Machine | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Originally titled Automata[19][20] |
2019 | For We Are Many | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | anthology film, with Andrew Ionides, Brad Watson, Mitch Wilson, Carlos Omar De Leon, Matthan Harris, Mark Logan |
2022 | Dragon Knight | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | [21][22] |
References
- "Award Winners 2013". Bram Stoker Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Interview with Laurie Brewster: The Creative Future of Edinburgh". Impulse Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- "About Us". Hex Media. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- "Halloween horror in Kirkcaldy's Old Kirk". Fife Today. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Squires, John. "Demonic Birds Strike in The Unkindness of Ravens; Help Fund and Watch Extreme Trailer". Dread Central. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- Hamman, Cody. "TRAILER FOR LAWRIE BREWSTER'S THE UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS WINGS ITS WAY ONLINE". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- Brown, Todd. "Scotland Is Caught In A Never Ending Winter In Lawrie Brewster's WHITE OUT". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- "Fife director Lawrie Brewster to unleash hell with White Out". The Courier. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Ford, Allan. "'White Out' Movie Trailer and Photos". Filmofilia. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Beggs, Scott. "Watch: The Wondrously Bizarre World of 'Turnip Head'". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Beggs, Scott. "Watch: 'Empire' Is the Horror of War Silently Distilled into Black and White". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Zimmerman, Samuel. "Director Lawrie Brewster Drops Another Owlman Prank, Talks New Films". Shock Till You Drop. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Unsworth, Martin. "DVD Review: LORD OF TEARS". Starburst. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Hubbard, Brook. "Fright Night Friday: Lord of Tears (2013)". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- Alexander, Chris. "Nightmarish Stills, Gory Trailer For New UK Indie THE UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS". Shock Till You Drop. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- Hubbard, Brook. "Fright Night Friday: The Unkindness of Ravens (2016)". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- Alexander, Chris. "The Black Gloves Brings Back The Owlman". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- Hubbard, Brook. "Movie Review – The Black Gloves". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- Miska, Brad. "Lawrie Brewster's Period Horror 'Automata' Breaks Kickstarter Record". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- Hubbard, Brook. "Fright Night Friday – The Devil's Machine (2019)". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- Unsworth, Martin. "Hex Studios Announce Sword & Sorcery Epic DRAGON KNIGHT". Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- Halen, Adrian. "Hex Studios Returns With New Horror/Fantasy DRAGON KNIGHT!". Retrieved 23 December 2021.