writer - director - digital creator
Zane Swift's Film Portfolio
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest" -Benjamin Franklin
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Cooking the Quotes
(Best Short Film and Best Editing from the New England Student Emmys)
After being removed
from a press conference
for trying to speak out,
a young and hungry news
reporter has one day to
find a story good enough
to save his career and
prove he knows what
he's talking about.
Get to Know Me
More than a Student
As a freelance filmmaker and student in New England, Zane Swift has already amassed an impressive amount of experience and a strong work ethic for the filmmaking industry.
Zane is an award-winning screenwriter and director with his projects having already been shown and read in many film festivals across the United States. Zane also has first-hand experience as a film critic for ABC and Fox news stations.
Having lived in California, Chicago, and now Vermont Zane has a lot of experience with making lasting connections with new people, family, and friends. These human connections are often at the center of his stories regardless of if they are science fiction, horror, or drama based films.
“TO BE A FILMMAKER, YOU HAVE TO LEAD. YOU HAVE TO BE PSYCHOTIC IN YOUR DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING. PEOPLE ALWAYS LIKE THE EASY ROUTE. YOU HAVE TO PUSH VERY HARD TO GET SOMETHING UNUSUAL, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.”
Danny Boyle
Floating
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Floating
This short film script has been in competition at many film festivals across the country including Nashville Film Festival, Worldfest Houston, and Princeton Film Festival. The drama Sci-Fi addresses inequality in the justice and healthcare systems while also sharing the story of a boy accepting his mothers fight with cancer.
