I’m Trevor Tillman, a writer-director, producer, and photographer based in the Bay Area and raised in the Seattle area.

My films return to people trying to get free and what it costs them and the people they leave behind. Place, physical work, animal life, humor, and the uncanny keep finding their way into the stories.

I wrote and directed Beacon, directed and co-wrote Strays, and co-wrote and produced The Penitent Man. My developing features include Summer Soldier and Cascadia.

I also bring more than fifteen years of production and brand creative experience to the work. Leading crews, budgets, vendors, and post-production has taught me how to give an idea the conditions it needs to become a film.

I’m currently Senior Production Lead at EarnIn. My earlier work spans Ava, Munchkin and Curio, Molekule, True Botanicals, Kendo / LVMH, and Madison Reed.

“I write about people trying to get free and what it costs them and the people they leave behind.”

From the Summer Soldier production Bible