Directing

Aidan Leary

Aidan Leary is an independent filmmaker with a passion for genre storytelling. He is best known for his debut feature film as a writer/director, Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round. The film was produced by Joe Swanberg and is being released by Cineverse. As an assistant director, he works primarily in independent horror features. His credits as a 1st AD include Nicolas Curcio's "Play House", Jesse Korm…

Known For

Yellow Eyes

Yellow Eyes · 2026

A young couple inherits a house containing a mysterious relic that hosts the spirit of a powerful demon, and the wife of the man it possesses must find an exorcist to save him.

Bone Singer

Bone Singer · 2026

MovieDramaRomance

Kaia, a struggling artist, has been making things happen that she can't explain. Sadie, a young witch, must carry out a cruel ritual, or risk her coven's death. As Kaia and Sadie's fates become increasingly intertwined, the two will go down a path that will irreversibly alter both of their lives.

Play House

Play House · 2026

While renovating a dilapidated house to win back his ex, a young man discovers VHS tapes of an unaired TV show in the basement. But as the show’s dark history surfaces, it seeps into his life, threatening his last chance at reconciliation.

Thingy

A young woman will do anything to avoid her ex at a secluded house party. But a supernatural virus passing through the partygoers may take care of him for her.

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round · 2026

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality unravels, the line between performance and nightmare begins to blur.

Obscura

MovieThrillerHorror

A psychological horror short film about a desperate photographer who directs a feminist photoshoot to save his tarnishing reputation, but when the consequences of his past manifest in horrifying ways, the shoot spirals out of control.

Whitley Heights

Whitley Heights

Whitley Heights

Tim, a struggling young actor, works as a food delivery driver in Los Angeles. His job takes a supernatural turn when he encounters the spirit of Montgomery Drake, a forgotten silent film star.

Kenneled

Kenneled · 2025

Walker, a gig worker and artist, is drowning in the city's instability. Desperate for agency and financial relief to save his relationship with his ambitious girlfriend, Kylie, he accepts a lucrative but bizarre dog-walking job. At a secluded mansion, he meets Doug-a man living entirely as a dog. Initially repulsed, Walker stays, justifying the dehumanization as just another gig.

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Yellow Eyes

Yellow Eyes · 2026

A young couple inherits a house containing a mysterious relic that hosts the spirit of a powerful demon, and the wife of the man it possesses must find an exorcist to save him.

Assistant Director

Bone Singer

Bone Singer · 2026

MovieDramaRomance

Kaia, a struggling artist, has been making things happen that she can't explain. Sadie, a young witch, must carry out a cruel ritual, or risk her coven's death. As Kaia and Sadie's fates become increasingly intertwined, the two will go down a path that will irreversibly alter both of their lives.

Driver

Play House

Play House · 2026

While renovating a dilapidated house to win back his ex, a young man discovers VHS tapes of an unaired TV show in the basement. But as the show’s dark history surfaces, it seeps into his life, threatening his last chance at reconciliation.

Assistant Director

Thingy

A young woman will do anything to avoid her ex at a secluded house party. But a supernatural virus passing through the partygoers may take care of him for her.

Assistant Director

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round · 2026

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality unravels, the line between performance and nightmare begins to blur.

Director

Obscura

MovieThrillerHorror

A psychological horror short film about a desperate photographer who directs a feminist photoshoot to save his tarnishing reputation, but when the consequences of his past manifest in horrifying ways, the shoot spirals out of control.

Assistant Director

Whitley Heights

Whitley Heights

Whitley Heights

Tim, a struggling young actor, works as a food delivery driver in Los Angeles. His job takes a supernatural turn when he encounters the spirit of Montgomery Drake, a forgotten silent film star.

Associate Producer

Kenneled

Kenneled · 2025

Walker, a gig worker and artist, is drowning in the city's instability. Desperate for agency and financial relief to save his relationship with his ambitious girlfriend, Kylie, he accepts a lucrative but bizarre dog-walking job. At a secluded mansion, he meets Doug-a man living entirely as a dog. Initially repulsed, Walker stays, justifying the dehumanization as just another gig.

Assistant Director