Craig William Macneill

Craig William Macneill is an American film director, writer, and editor. He was born in New England, and moved to Northern Virginia where he attended high school. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Fine Arts after having studied under filmmakers including Stan Brakhage. His feature film Lizzie, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, premiered in the U.S Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Macneill's first feature film, The Boy, premiered in the narrative competition at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival and which was also based on a previous short film he co-wrote, directed, and edited titled Henley, which screened in competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the grand jury prize for "Best Short Film" at the Gen Art Film Festival and Clint Eastwood's Carmel Film and Arts Film Festival. In 2016, Macneill directed the first season of the limited anthology television series Channel Zero: Candle Cove. The show was created