LYNDON HENLEY HANRAHAN
Filmmaker
Lyndon Henley Hanrahan is a writer, filmmaker, and actor.
Through dark humour, his work explores performativity, queerness, history, and fantasy – often investigating characters who seek refuge in their imaginations. His films have been screened at numerous Oscar-qualifying festivals around the world.
He is a 2023 Berlinale Talent, a 2022 participant of the UGC Writer’s Campus at Series Mania, and a 2019 Marshall Scholar,
He is a co-founder of Donkey Tail Productions, a film and theater company that champions queer stories.
Outside of his filmmaking practice, he works as a TV writer. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his work on The Book of Queer for Discover+.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in English and VES (filmmaking) and spent six months as a visiting student at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read English and received a first. He holds master's degrees from the Royal College of Art and the London Film School. He is currently studying Directing Fiction at the National Film & Television School.