About Me
I’m Sebastian Wells Chavez, a writer, director, and editor based in Brisbane, moving to London in February. I also photograph, and I write about cinema.
I moved around a lot as a kid. The one thing that never changed was the movies.
As the child of international teachers, I was lucky to be shown the world early. I’ve been to six continents and lived in cities across South America, the Middle East, Asia, and now Australia. Wherever I landed, my favorite films were there to comfort me. The movies were my home.
Early on, I made Lego stop-motion movies and jumped at any school project that put me near a camera. And I watched everything I could get my hands on. Recognizing actors turned into researching directors, and researching directors turned into taste. Eventually the question flipped from what should I watch? to what’s stopping me from making something I’d want to see?
These days I write, direct, edit, and color grade, mostly on my own films and sometimes on other people’s. If you’re a filmmaker with a story, or a business with something that deserves to be shot properly, I’d like to hear about it.
Horror-comedy short
Co-written, co-directed, and edited by me. Winner of Best Art Design and Best Acting (male) at QUT Shorties, screened at Monsterfest’s Blood, Guts and Bad Decisions Shorts, and coming up at the Central Coast Film Festival.
See the film’s page →In the works
The mysterious sole survivor of a nightmarish suburban slumber party homicide relives the night’s events for a suspicious detective, who must untangle truth from lies to solve the crime.
Follow along →A film, a collaboration, or even just thoughts about something we’ve both seen. Send it over. I usually reply within a business day.