Biography
Lucas is an Edinburgh-based director, born in Taiwan. His previous short films include: "The Walk", (2021, starring Caroline Koziol), "The Fool's Journey" (2019, Now & Next/BBC Scotland/Lux Scotland), "V Day" (2017, supported by Screen Education Edinburgh and debuted in Glasgow Short Film Festival), "The Good Dark"(2017, based on a poem by Ryan van Winkle), "A Lifetime" (2010, 3rd prize at Glenrothes Film Festival), alongside a string of narrative, documentary, poetry, dance and experimental shorts.
Lucas is an alumni of talent labs and programmes from Young Film Foundation, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Less is More, New Earth Theatre, Scottish Film & Talent Network, B3 Media and Glasgow Media Access Centre. He is also an award-winning photographer: his black and white portrait of artist Mira Knoche won 1st Prize in the 2018 Scottish Portrait Award, and his camerawork for a Taiwanese National Geographic Documentary "Inside: Taiwan's Ultramarathon" shared a Golden Bell (BAFTA equivalent) in Taiwan for best cinematography in a non-fiction programme.
Before taking up directing, Lucas had worked in the film & TV industry as Script Supervisor on features and shorts from big to small.
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