Nolan Earnest is an Alaskan film director currently based in Chicago, Illinois. His interests lie in developing stories that involve characters with strange desires and rituals that guide them through life. Nolan’s work often expands from real-life stories and people, looking towards the awkward absurdity in life with off-kilter humor.
His latest film, Strange Embrace is now being submitted to film festivals before its online release. The film follows Jane, who is on the verge of meeting her partner’s family. This traditionally complex event is transformed into a series of emotional tests which decide her future.
An Unsentimental Future is a documentary that focuses on the youth’s outlook on climate change and the uncertainty of their future. The film is currently in post-production and is accompanied by animation sequences to visualize the stories the children describe.
His other work includes A Case Study for Immortality and Numb. Both films he directed and wrote while attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Queen Mary University of London.
Links
nolansearnest@gmail.com