Colin Theys

Colin turned a love of movies obsession with technical geekery and acting hobby into a career making films As a student he made several awardwinning CGI animations and VFXdriven short films Since graduating from Wesleyan University in 2007 he has been working with Connecticutbased independent production company Synthetic Cinema International In 2011 Colin directed Steve Niles Remains the first original feature for NBCUniversals Chiller Network He has since directed two additional features for the network Dead Souls and Deep in the Darkness both based on novels by Michael Laimo His next film will be Wishin and Hopin a Christmas story about a 10 year old boy in 1964 based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Wally Lamb In addition to directing Colin produces for SCI and also supervises post production and VFX delivering films on time and on budget He believes that a good director should know what everyone on set does and how they do it setting the tone for the cast crew with his energy Youll usually find Colin standing by camera close to the performance