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Isolated on the fringes of a soulless metropolis, Catherine survives on scraps of translation work. But a mysterious client offers a lucrative job, and an opportunity for Catherine to indulge in her malformed and incompatible desires. As the film unravels, the lines between reality and delusion blur, seamlessly mirroring Catherine's struggle to make sense of the tainted fragments of her client's mysterious scroll.

A man wakes up in a small padded room disoriented, and with no memory of how he got there.

Follows Phyia as she uses dark magic to lure the man she loves away from his partner. As he struggles to keep hold of the memory of his love, Phyia controls him through the use of an effigy.

This piece, the very first of my photogram experiments, I made on digital video. Effigy explores the potential of the abstracted film image to stand in for the human body, in a piece that calls to mind medical anxiety and questions the illusion of scale.

An estranged brother and sister attempt to reconnect after the loss of their parents.

After a renowned artist dies, his estranged daughter discovers his remote studio is haunted by his spirit. When she sculpts a physical vessel for him to return, their reunion becomes a descent into obsession and terror.

1828 in the German port city of Bremen: Two very different women collide in an age that has no place for either of them. One strives for a career in law, at a time when women aren't even admitted to universities. The other has lived life outside the law and may now have to pay the tab. One of them needs to get her head together – while the other would do anything not to lose hers. -- Based on a true story.

EFFIGY IN EMULSION is a study in exposure change to uncover/un-develop a stolen memory. The concept is conceived in the musing: who took the photograph that washed out a frame of this film? A hybridization of mediums and tools (8mm, 16mm, optical printer) are used to investigate the camera flash that washed out a frame in the hopes of uncovering a hidden emotion. A meditation on equipoise is addressed in the guided evolvement and retraction of light on the optical printer.

A young girl finds an old doll in the remnants of a bonfire. She has no idea how it got there, or where it came from. But when she discovers that she can see through the doll's eye, she will uncover the terrifying truth.

A stoic and battle-hardened Bastion Hunter roams the zone, seeking out a remnant with an unwavering resolve.

Cinematic piecing of band Sprain's final live performance, showcasing their second and last album 'The Lamb As Effigy', held at the Moroccan Lounge in LA.

In 1999, Phyllis Ewing became superintendent. By the end of Ewing’s tenure, the park had carried out 78 construction projects, some of them damaging mounds and all of them damaging archeological resources. NHPA compliance was not carried out on any of the projects. Ewing designated her chief of maintenance Section 106 coordinator, re-shuffling and marginalizing cultural resource specialists. The maintenance staff went from 4 to 20+, while the park did not have a cultural resources program.

In an age of chaos, destruction, and decay, the resurrection of nature was the last ray of vitality and a testament to survival. The film ventures into the haunting remnants of humanity, the silent witness of its collective collapse, and the ethereal rebirth of nature in the absence of mankind. The intriguing scenes are experienced through an omnipresent and atemporal perspective.

A day in the life of an individual who is fading into the everyday reality of everyday reality.

A meditative journey through the surreal inner spaces of the filmmaker's mind as passing images and thoughts overlap, yearning to coalesce into a concept.

Written and directed by Nathan Still 'THE EFFIGY' follows a young orphan girl (Gabby Cayoun) whose mother (Sasha Gavlek) tragically died 2 years ago. Her mothers dying wish was for her daughter to continue her family traditions. But the mother forgot to mention one important detail...

A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box of Guatemalan talismans, which mistakenly end up being sold as charm jewelry in Chloe’s Collectables thrift shop. Soon those who bought the Worry Dolls begin to act strangely out of character and cause another rash of senseless slaughter. An ancient curse is consuming the city and pits a hardened detective against the clock to save his 8 year-old daughter’s life.

Three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.