Trey Edward Shults

Trey Edward Shults was born in Houston Texas In 2010 he made his directorial debut in the short film Mother and Son which he also wrote edited and produced It starred Krisha Fairchild and Lucas Quintana In 2011 and 2012 Shults variously served as film loader postproduction intern and intern on three of Terrence Malicks films Song to Song Voyage of Time and The Tree of Life At the time Shults was a business management student but dropped out to work on films and study films himself In 2011 Shults wrote directed produced and edited a short film starring Krisha Fairchild titled Two to One In 2014 Shults directed wrote produced edited and appeared in Krisha a short film starring Krisha Robyn and Billie Fairchild all of whom are related to Shults The following year he directed wrote and acted in a featurelength adaptation of the same name which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2015 winning the Grand Jury Award The film is based upon a reallife incident involving Shultss cousin who experienced a relapse at a family reunion It was acquired by A24 and released in 2016 In March 2015 Shults signed with William Morris Endeavor Shults also served as the camera PA on the 2016 film Midnight Special