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Chris Cronin is a UK-based writer-director drawn to grounded genre stories and the people caught inside them.

His debut feature, The Moor, premiered in FrightFest’s First Blood strand in 2023. It won Total Film’s Best Scare Award, and Chris received a Best Director nomination. The film is represented internationally by Raven Banner Entertainment and distributed in the UK by Bulldog Film Distribution.

Chris is developing two features: Devil of the North, a psychological crime thriller set in Yorkshire, and What Stares Back, a supernatural horror developed from his short film Oscar’s Bell.

Oscar’s Bell won awards at Dead by Dawn, HollyShorts and the British Horror Film Festival, and received a Méliès d’Argent nomination. Chris’s work has screened at Fantasia, FrightFest, London Short Film Festival and Raindance, and has appeared on ALTER, Short of the Week and Omeleto.

Press

“Director Chris Cronin masterfully maintains a needling ambiguity about the source of evil in this haunting tale of a father searching for his long missing son.”
— The Guardian

“Cronin also employs some effective Blair Witch–inspired techniques, including documentary-style interviews and POV filming to draw us further into the story. But the score, sound design, and pitch-perfect performances…”
— Time Out

“The Moor is an impressively atmospheric feature-length debut from Chris Cronin…”
— ComingSoon.net

“An exceptional feature debut… The Moor places Chris Cronin at the forefront of burgeoning genre voices we can’t wait to see more of.”
— The Hollywood News

“Dripping with malevolent atmosphere… puts us in the middle of the terror.”
— Starburst

Interviews

Eye For Film - Director Interview
Rue Morgue - The Moor announcement
ALTER - Horror interview
Short of the Week - Oscar's Bell review
Omeleto - Oscar's Bell review
Horrible Imaginings - Oscar's Bell interview