Craters of the Moon
Faculty Honors

Written by Jesse Millward

A young couple on a cross-country road trip lose their way in a blizzard and wind up stranded in the middle of nowhere. As the days pass, their relationship slowly deteriorates, leading to the filmʼs chilling climax.





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JESSE MILLWARD is a writer/director from a small town in the open desert of Southeastern Idaho. His blue-collar family worked at a nearby nuclear power plant, and he was raised on reruns of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and late night horror flicks. Jesse worked a series of odd jobs from coast to coast before entering film school, including dishwasher and one hour photo jockey. He graduated with honors from Columbia Universityʼs MFA program where he wrote and directed his first feature, CRATERS OF THE MOON, which is now in the final stages of post-production. The film culminates years of work carving out a distinct visual style and voice. Influenced by Kubrick and Lynch, Jesse blends dark subject matter with a love of character-driven narratives.





A CURIOUS INCIDENT IN ORANGE DRAMA
In 1920ʼs New Jersey, a scientist is tortured by his love for a young factory worker who has a mysterious illness, which he believes may have something to do with the newly discovered radium she works with daily.

THE BALLAD OF BILLY RAY CRIME THRILLER
In the prohibition era Appalachians, a recently widowed woman plots cruel, methodical revenge against the man who killed her husband, and the head of a bootleg liquor empire, Billy Ray. Based on Titus Andronicus.

WASHINGTON WAR
Once tensions reach the breaking point with Britain, George Washington must train a poorly organized army of colonist to defend their homes against the largest military power in the world.





Jesse Millward
jesse.millward@gmail.com
646-256-0376