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Trey Edward Shults

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Trey Edward Shults

Born October 6, 1988 · Houston, Texas, USA (age 37)

Trey Edward Shults was born in Houston, Texas. In 2010, he made his directorial debut in the short film Mother and Son, which he also wrote, edited, and produced. It starred Krisha Fairchild and Lucas Quintana. In 2011 and 2012, Shults variously served as film loader, post-production intern, and intern, on three of Terrence Malick's films, Song to Song, Voyage of Time, and The Tree of Life. At the…

Known For

The LighthouseThe Lighthouse · 2019
The Lighthouse
★ 7.52019
MovieDramaFantasy
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
The Tree of LifeThe Tree of Life · 2011
The Tree of Life
★ 6.72011
MovieDramaFantasy
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
It Comes at NightIt Comes at Night · 2017
It Comes at Night
★ 5.92017
MovieDramaHorror
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Hurry Up TomorrowHurry Up Tomorrow · 2025
Hurry Up Tomorrow
★ 5.02025
MovieDramaMusic
A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.
WavesWaves · 2019
Waves
★ 7.42019
MovieRomanceDrama
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.
Midnight SpecialMidnight Special · 2016
Midnight Special
★ 6.32016
MovieAdventureDrama
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Song to SongSong to Song · 2017
Song to Song
★ 5.52017
MovieRomanceDrama
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Voyage of Time: Life's JourneyVoyage of Time: Life's Journey · 2017
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
★ 6.32017
MovieDocumentaryDrama
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.

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