Philip Thompson is a Brooklyn based filmmaker, named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2023 and a Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow and NYFF Artists Academy Fellow in 2024.
His work investigates popular media’s influence on culture and the emotional impact that media consumption has on an audience, revealing a world of dark and unspoken emotions often overlooked in on-screen portrayals. He is interested in exploring the one-sided "looking" relationship between viewers and image subjects.
His newest film Living Reality is currently in the middle of its festival run, recently winning Best Experimental at Oscar-Qualifying Athens International Film+Video Festival in 2024. His previous film I’m At Home is now available to stream on Nobudge, listed as one of its 2023 Films of the Year.
He has screened at festivals such as Atlanta, Palm Springs, New Orleans, and Chicago Underground, receiving accolades from festivals like Brooklyn Film Festival, Athens International Film+Video, Onion City, NFFTY, and Oxford.
He was raised by his mother, his father, and his television.
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Photo by Sam Resetaris