Talent Guide

Skinner Myers

  • Discipline:Writer/Director
  • Program Year:Amplifier Fellowship 2025

Bio

Skinner Myers is an award-winning filmmaker whose debut feature, The Sleeping Negro, premiered at Slamdance in 2022 and was acquired by Art Mattan Films, MUBI and UniversCiné. It won the FIPRESCI PRIZE at the 2022 IFFMH. His sophomore film, Before You Fade Away Into Nothing, had its World Premiere at the Berlinale Critics’ Week in 2025, further establishing his distinct cinematic voice. Myers is currently in production on his third feature, Moodswing Whiskey. With each project, he continues to push boundaries and challenge narratives, crafting films that resonate on both personal and societal levels.

Current Project

Jim Crow

Logline

A colored minister forms an unimaginable partnership with a white deputy to take down the 1930's KKK.