LA Halstead | Filmmaker - Camera & Lighting

THE MOURNING AFTER

(2025)

Roles: Director of photography, writer, Editor

Director: Ryan Leon Kelly

After finding his friend dead in the morning following a party, Shaun battles with gried and guilt on the path to acceptance over his friend's passing.

The Mourning After is a short film written by myself and frequent collaborator Ryan Leon Kelly. This project has been a passion project for several years, having written the first drafts of the script back in 2022. The film tackles themes such as depression, death and greiving.

We ran a successful fundraiser to help make this film, which is now presently doing the rounds at film festivals.

TWO BIG FEET

(2025)

Role: GAFFER

Director: Noah Stratton-Twine

After a conspiracy theorist is unambiguously dumped, his loyal to a fault childhood best friend schemes to fake a Sasquatch sighting to lift his dwindling spirits.

Film I worked on the lighting for, directed by Noah Stratton-Twine, and starring Luke Rollason, the film was shot over the course of a couple of weeks, with much of the dialogue improvised by the actors.