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Gavin Fields is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his debut feature film ''Brutal Season'' (2022).
{{Short description|American writer, director, and producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gavin Fields
| image = Gavin_Fields_~2022.jpg
| caption = Fields in 2022
| birth_name = Gavin Lee Fields
| birth_date = {{Circa|1991}}
| birth_place = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Mississippi|The University of Mississippi]], [[Arizona State University]]
| occupation = Writer, Director, Producer
| years_active = 2012 - Present
}}


'''Gavin Fields''' (born {{Circa|1991}}) is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his debut feature film ''[[Brutal Season]]'' (2022).
== Early Life ==

Fields grew up in Jackson, Mississippi where he attended [[St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Mississippi)|St. Andrews Episcopal School]]. As a teenager, he was the drummer and singer in lounge-pop band [[The Da Vincis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Da Vincis biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/The+Da+Vincis/+wiki |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref> He received his undergraduate degree from [[University of Mississippi|The University of Mississippi]], where he studied [[theatre]] and [[film]]. He received an MA in [[Film studies|Film Studies]] from [[Arizona State University]].
== Early life ==
Fields grew up in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], [[Mississippi]] where he attended [[St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Mississippi)|St. Andrews Episcopal School]]. As a teenager, he was the drummer and singer in lounge pop band The Da Vincis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Da Vincis "50's Film" MP3 {{!}} Under the Radar Magazine |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/media/50s_film_mp3 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.undertheradarmag.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |date=March 17, 2009 |title=AllMusic Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/see-you-tonight-mw0001336846 |website=allmusic.com}}</ref> He received his undergraduate degree from [[University of Mississippi|The University of Mississippi]], where he studied [[theatre]] and [[film]]. He received an MA in [[Film studies|Film Studies]] from [[Arizona State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title='Good Filipino Kids,' Lunchtime Guilt and a Goldfish Story Highlight NFMLA's In Focus: Asian Cinema Program |url=https://www.moviemaker.com/nfmla-asian-cinema/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.moviemaker.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
While a student at The University of Mississippi, Fields co wrote and acted in short film ''The Surface'', and produced The ''Original I.Q.Teste''r, both of which played national and international film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julie Dash Headlines Queens World Film Festival |url=http://www.greenroomnewyork.com/article.aspx?ID=2205 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Green Room New York |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-04 |title=16th Annual Oxford Film Fest Program by Oxford Film Festival - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/oxfordfilmfest/docs/off19_proof8 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |title=The Surface |url=https://jordanberger.com/film-1/project-four-my7wy |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Jordan Berger |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=Alan Arrivee |url=https://www.alanarrivee.com/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Alan Arrivée |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ÉCU Official Selection 2014 – ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival |url=https://ecufilmfestival.com/ecu-2014/ecu-official-selection-2014/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=ecufilmfestival.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre & Film at The University of Mississippi |url=https://theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu/facultystaffbios.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2015 |title=Facutly Awards |url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/libarts_news/16/ |journal=University of Mississippi. College of Liberal Arts, View from Ventress - 2015" Liberal Arts |pages=25}}</ref> He continued writing, directing, and producing shorts upon graduating, as well as conceptualizing, directing, and editing commercial work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-07 |title=Deer Run Media creating films, commercials in Chattanooga {{!}} Chattanooga Times Free Press |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2015/jan/07/deer-run-media-creating-films-commercials-chattano/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.timesfreepress.com |language=en}}</ref>

Fields began writing feature film screenplays while working on his masters degree. His first, ''Harry, Above the Title,'' was a finalist in 2019’s [[Nashville Film Festival]] Screenplay Competition, as well as a semi finalist in the ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay competition.<ref name=":0">https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2019Program_v3.2-EDIT.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ScreenCraft |date=2019-11-05 |title=2019 ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition Semifinalists Announced |url=https://screencraft.org/blog/2019-screencraft-drama-screenplay-competition-semifinalists-announced/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ScreenCraft |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the same year, his second script, a comedy entitled ''A Season to Laugh'', was a second round selection in the [[Austin Film Festival]] Script Competition and a quarter finalist in the Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition (2019) Results - Coverfly |url=https://writers.coverfly.com/lists/scriptpipeline-screenwriting?season=2019 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=writers.coverfly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 SCRIPT COMPETITION SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS |url=https://austinfilmfestival.com/submit/screenplay-and-teleplay-submissions-2/2019-script-competition-semifinalists-second-rounders-2/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Austin Film Festival |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pipeline |first=Script |title=2019 Screenwriting Contest Results – Script Pipeline |url=https://scriptpipeline.com/2019-screenwriting-contest-results |access-date=2024-03-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Psychological thriller ''A Devil Will Fall'' was a quarter finalist in 2020’s BlueCat Screenplay Competition and Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Quarterfinalists |url=https://bluecatscreenplay.com/2020-quarterfinalists/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=BlueCat Screenplay Competition |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Voices |first=Fresh |title=2019-20 Quarter Finalists |url=https://www.fresh-voices.com/index.php/blog/10-news-and-updates/117-2019-20-quarter-finalists |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.fresh-voices.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> It was a semi finalist in the [[Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival|CineQuest]] Screenwriting Competition and the ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ScreenCraft |date=2020-05-06 |title=2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalists |url=https://screencraft.org/blog/2020-screencraft-screenwriting-fellowship-semifinalists/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ScreenCraft |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sartor |first=Colette |date=2020-07-20 |title=Congrats to Our 2020 Feature Contest Semifinalists! |url=https://cinestory.org/congrats-to-our-2020-feature-contest-semifinalists/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=The CineStory Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

In early 2020, he finished the script for [[neo-noir|neo noir]] ''[[Brutal Season]]'' and began developing it with producer Shelby Grady. The film premiered at [[Fantastic Fest]] in 2022 to positive reviews before going on to play the Fargo Film Festival, the [[Chattanooga Film Festival]], NewFilmmakers LA, and the [[Phoenix Film Festival]], where it was awarded Best Ensemble Cast.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2022 |title=FF@HOME PRESENTS BURNT ENDS |url=https://2022.fantasticfest.com/burnt-ends |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=2022.fantasticfest.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL's Final Wave Of Programming Is Here |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/the-chattanooga-film-festivals-final-wave-of-programming-is-here/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=FANGORIA |date=June 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=May 13th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival {{!}} InFocus: Asian Cinema - NewFilmmakers Los Angeles |url=https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/event/may-13th-2023-monthly-film-festival-infocus-asian-cinema/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.phoenixfilmfestival.com/awards-1 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Phoenix Film Festival |language=en-US}}</ref> It was picked up for distribution by [[1091 Pictures]] and released October 10, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2023 |title=Brutal Season |url=https://1091.tv/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=1091.tv}}</ref>

Fields continues to write and has since completed three additional feature screenplays. His next film, ''…And Before We’re Condemned,'' is in development. <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2023-08-27 |title=Georgia-based filmmakers Gavin Fields and Shelby Grady to release debut feature, Brutal Season |url=https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2023/08/georgia-based-filmmakers-gavin-fields-and-shelby-grady-to-release-debut-feature-brutal-season/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Georgia Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!English title
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Writer
! width="65" |Producer
! width="65" |Actor
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2014
|''The Surface''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}
|Sage
|Short
|-
|2015
|''The Original IQ Tester''|| {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}
|N/A
|Short
|-
|2018
|''The Sea Breaks''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|Jim
|Short
|-
|2019
|''Slice of Life''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|Al
|Short
|-
|2023
|| ''[[Brutal Season]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}
|N/A
|Feature
|-
|2024
|''...And Before We're Condemned''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}
|NA
|Feature/Pre Production<ref name="auto"/>
|}
== Awards and recognition ==
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2015 || Queens World Film Festival || Founder's Choice || The Original IQ Tester || {{won}} || <ref name="auto1"/>
|-
|2017
| Queens World Film Festival || Best Narrative Short ||The Surface ||{{nom}} || <ref name="auto2"/>
|-
|2023 || [[Phoenix Film Festival]] || Best Ensemble Cast ||''[[Brutal Season]]'' || {{Won}} ||<ref name="auto3"/>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{imdb name|nm4793727}}

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[[Category:1990s births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century American screenwriters]]
[[Category:Film directors from Mississippi]]
[[Category:American pop singers]]
[[Category:American male drummers]]
[[Category:University of Mississippi alumni]]
[[Category:University of Arizona alumni]]
[[Category:People from Jackson, Mississippi]]

Latest revision as of 16:12, 13 May 2024

Gavin Fields
Fields in 2022
Born
Gavin Lee Fields

c. 1991
Jackson, Mississippi
Alma materThe University of Mississippi, Arizona State University
Occupation(s)Writer, Director, Producer
Years active2012 - Present

Gavin Fields (born c. 1991) is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his debut feature film Brutal Season (2022).

Early life

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Fields grew up in Jackson, Mississippi where he attended St. Andrews Episcopal School. As a teenager, he was the drummer and singer in lounge pop band The Da Vincis.[1][2] He received his undergraduate degree from The University of Mississippi, where he studied theatre and film. He received an MA in Film Studies from Arizona State University.[3]

Career

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While a student at The University of Mississippi, Fields co wrote and acted in short film The Surface, and produced The Original I.Q.Tester, both of which played national and international film festivals.[4] [5][6][7][8][9][10] He continued writing, directing, and producing shorts upon graduating, as well as conceptualizing, directing, and editing commercial work.[11]

Fields began writing feature film screenplays while working on his masters degree. His first, Harry, Above the Title, was a finalist in 2019’s Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition, as well as a semi finalist in the ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay competition.[12][13]

In the same year, his second script, a comedy entitled A Season to Laugh, was a second round selection in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition and a quarter finalist in the Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition.[14][15][16]

Psychological thriller A Devil Will Fall was a quarter finalist in 2020’s BlueCat Screenplay Competition and Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition.[17][18] It was a semi finalist in the CineQuest Screenwriting Competition and the ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship in the same year.[19][20]

In early 2020, he finished the script for neo noir Brutal Season and began developing it with producer Shelby Grady. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2022 to positive reviews before going on to play the Fargo Film Festival, the Chattanooga Film Festival, NewFilmmakers LA, and the Phoenix Film Festival, where it was awarded Best Ensemble Cast.[21][22][23][24] It was picked up for distribution by 1091 Pictures and released October 10, 2023.[25]

Fields continues to write and has since completed three additional feature screenplays. His next film, …And Before We’re Condemned, is in development. [26]

Filmography

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Year English title Director Writer Producer Actor Role Notes
2014 The Surface No Yes No Yes Sage Short
2015 The Original IQ Tester No No Yes No N/A Short
2018 The Sea Breaks No Yes Yes Yes Jim Short
2019 Slice of Life Yes Yes Yes Yes Al Short
2023 Brutal Season Yes Yes Yes No N/A Feature
2024 ...And Before We're Condemned Yes Yes Yes No NA Feature/Pre Production[26]

Awards and recognition

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Queens World Film Festival Founder's Choice The Original IQ Tester Won [7]
2017 Queens World Film Festival Best Narrative Short The Surface Nominated [6]
2023 Phoenix Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast Brutal Season Won [24]

References

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  1. ^ "The Da Vincis "50's Film" MP3 | Under the Radar Magazine". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William (March 17, 2009). "AllMusic Review". allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "'Good Filipino Kids,' Lunchtime Guilt and a Goldfish Story Highlight NFMLA's In Focus: Asian Cinema Program". www.moviemaker.com. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ "Julie Dash Headlines Queens World Film Festival". Green Room New York. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  5. ^ "16th Annual Oxford Film Fest Program by Oxford Film Festival - Issuu". issuu.com. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  6. ^ a b "The Surface". Jordan Berger. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  7. ^ a b "Alan Arrivee". Alan Arrivée. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  8. ^ "ÉCU Official Selection 2014 – ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival". ecufilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  9. ^ "Theatre & Film at The University of Mississippi". theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  10. ^ "Facutly Awards". University of Mississippi. College of Liberal Arts, View from Ventress - 2015" Liberal Arts: 25. 2015.
  11. ^ "Deer Run Media creating films, commercials in Chattanooga | Chattanooga Times Free Press". www.timesfreepress.com. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  12. ^ https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2019Program_v3.2-EDIT.pdf
  13. ^ ScreenCraft (2019-11-05). "2019 ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition Semifinalists Announced". ScreenCraft. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  14. ^ "Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition (2019) Results - Coverfly". writers.coverfly.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  15. ^ "2019 SCRIPT COMPETITION SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS". Austin Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  16. ^ Pipeline, Script. "2019 Screenwriting Contest Results – Script Pipeline". Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  17. ^ "2020 Quarterfinalists". BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  18. ^ Voices, Fresh. "2019-20 Quarter Finalists". www.fresh-voices.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  19. ^ ScreenCraft (2020-05-06). "2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalists". ScreenCraft. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  20. ^ Sartor, Colette (2020-07-20). "Congrats to Our 2020 Feature Contest Semifinalists!". The CineStory Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  21. ^ "FF@HOME PRESENTS BURNT ENDS". 2022.fantasticfest.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  22. ^ "The CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL's Final Wave Of Programming Is Here". FANGORIA. June 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  23. ^ "May 13th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema - NewFilmmakers Los Angeles". Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  24. ^ a b "Awards". Phoenix Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  25. ^ "Brutal Season". 1091.tv. October 10, 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  26. ^ a b Staff (2023-08-27). "Georgia-based filmmakers Gavin Fields and Shelby Grady to release debut feature, Brutal Season". Georgia Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
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