Toby Kearton

Birthday: June 20, 1997 in United Kingdom

Birth Name: Toby William Kearton

Height: 170 cm

Toby Kearton is a British independent award winning director, screenwriter & producer based in London, England and Los Angeles, California. He is best known for the independent short film 'Di ...Show More

Toby Kearton is a British independent award winning director, screenwriter & producer based in London, England and Los Angeles, California. 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 BFI (British Film Institute) in 2012. In 2014 Toby was employed as a runner on the British 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 Toby completed many short films which were entered into various film festivals across the world. Toby is best known for the independent short film 'Dissonance' (2018) which premiered at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018, 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 under the working title, 'The Elevator Game' (2021). Hide