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Kelsey Egan&#8216;s sophomore feature, The Fix, is a sci-fi thriller set in Cape Town, is out now on all your favorite digital platforms. Her critically acclaimed first feature, the dystopian fairytale Glasshouse, premiered at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest in 2021. Having built her career working on both sides of the camera, including eight years as a stunt performer, four years as a VFX producer and significant credits as a writer and actress, Kelsey is a versatile filmmaker who is as comfortable on an indie set as she is on a large-scale studio production. Her experience includes credits on Warrior, Raised by Wolves, Bloodshot, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, The Dark Tower, Eye in the Sky, The Giver, Zulu, Mad Max: Fury Road, and District 9. She has also written on numerous TV series, including the six-part TV adaptation of Deon Meyer’s bestselling thriller, Trackers. Her directorial debut, the 26-minute drama Gargoyle, was nominated for a 2010 SAFTA Award for Best Short.

Kelsey Egan

Film

How Stunt Work Prepared Me for Directing

Born to hippie artists, Jeremiah Zagar grew up in South Philly spending most afternoons in a dark movie theater or wandering the aisles of his local TLA video store. Later, on trips home from Emerson College, he started filming his parents, resulting in the documentary, In A Dream, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and screened theatrically across the US and in film festivals around the world. It was broadcast on HBO, shortlisted for an Academy Award and received two Emmy nominations, including Best Documentary. His next feature-length documentary, Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart, premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO to much fanfare in 2014. He directed and co-wrote the feature We The Animals – based on Justin Torres&#8217; best-selling novel of the same name – which was selected for the Sundance Directing and Screenwriting Lab fellowships and premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. His latest work, the documentary series <a href="https://bit.ly/3qMu0my" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fix</a>, based on Johann Hari&#8217;s book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, is now streaming on Roku.j

Jeremiah Zagar

For My Brother

The Fix