Filmography / Contact
About Me
I’m a British/Canadian writer/director of several shorts. I make films about memory and loss, often featuring characters struggling with their past; a home they can’t go back to. My career highlight so far has been directing Robert Hardy in his final screen role for JOSEPH’S REEL, which has 1.7M views on Omeleto’s ‘Top Rated’ channel. In 2022 my screenplay THE PUNK & THE GIGOLO was longlisted (top 3%) for the BBC Writers Room (Drama). I recently completed the first draft for the feature of JOSEPH’S REEL, and I’m in development on feature FIRST SNOW and short film THE BIG ONE.
Directing
2022 CUISINART (Commercial)
- DoP: Dmitry Lopatin
- Produced by Agency 5S
2020 THE VIOLINIST (Short)
- DoP: Dmitry Lopatin
- Funded by the OAC and CCA
- WINNER – Best Director of a Short Film, NOMINEE – Best
Musical, Best Original Composition, Best Production Design, Best
Costume Design – Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival
2020 - WINNER Best Director, WINNER Best Production Design, NOMINEE – Best Screenplay, Best Drama – Brazilian Monthly Film Fest 2020
- Toronto Cyft Film Festival WINNER – Best Score
- Music + Sound Awards 2020 Nominee – Best Original Composition for a Short Film
- OFFICIAL SELECTION – Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2021
- OFFICIAL SELECTION – Bucharest Film Awards 2021
- NOMINEE – Best Original Composition in a Short Film – Music + Sound Awards 2020
2019 THE END OF THE LINE (Short)
- DoP: Christopher Sharman
- WINNER – Best Film, Drama, WINNER – Best Actress, NOMINEE – Best Screenplay, Best Director – Lonely Wolf Independent Film Festival 2020
- WINNER – Best Script, Phoenix Shorts Festival 2021
- Proof of concept short for feature ‘After Love’.
2018 BUCKLEY INSURANCE (Commercial Campaign)
- Featured on CPTV. DoP: Elijah Marchand
2018 ENBRIDGE ‘SMELL GAS’ (Commercial)
- DoP: David Suddaby. Produced by Fifth Story
2017 OUT OF LOVE (Short)
- DoP: Dmitry Lopatin. Produced by 920 Films
2016 PINK TAX (Commercial)
- Featured on CBC, CTV and The Huffington Post
- DoP: Dmitry Lopatin. Produced by Stella Shoots for BBDO
2016 THE ILLUSTRATOR (Commercial)
- Featured at Cannes Lions 2016 ‘Summer of Creativity’
- DoP: Dmitry Lopatin. Produced by Stella Shoots
2015 JOSEPH’S REEL (Short)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION – 12 BAFTA / OSCAR qualifying festivals including Palm Springs, Galway Film Fleadh & Aesthetica
- DoP: Eben Bolter. Produced by Forty Foot Pictures
2013 ALCOHOLIC FAITH MISSION ‘WE NEED FEAR’ (Music Video)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION – Toronto Independent Film Festival
2011 RED HEART (Feature)
2010 THE RISE & FALL OF TOM & SARAH (Short)
- HONOURABLE MENTION – LA New Wave Film Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION – SoCal Independent Film Festival
Writing
2023 FIRST SNOW (Feature)
- SECOND ROUND – Sundance Screenwriters Lab
- SEMI-FINALIST – ScreenwritingU Screenplay Contest
2022 THE PUNK AND THE GIGOLO (TV Pilot)
- LONGLIST (Top 3%) – BBC Writersroom Drama Room
2022 JOSEPH’S REEL (Feature)
2019 THE END OF THE LINE (Short)
2018 THE VIOLINIST (Short)
- SEMI-FINALIST – Screencraft Film Fund 2018
2018 THE BIG ONE (Short)
- WINNER – IMIS Out Loud Competition 2019
2016 STEPHANIE’S ROOM (Short) (Co-Writer)
- WINNER – Toronto 48 Hour Film Festival 2016
- OFFICIAL SELECTION – Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner 2016
2015 JOSEPH’S REEL
2011 THE RISE AND FALL OF TOM AND SARAH
2010 RED HEART (Feature)
Contact
GET IN TOUCH!
If you have a project / idea, or just to say hello…
E: laversmichael@gmail.com
T: +1 647 581 6898