Biography

Kurtis David Harder is one of most prolific young filmmakers working today. At the age of 26 he's already produced 10 feature films and directed dozens of music videos and commercials. Starting out as a music video and commercial director in Vancouver and Toronto, he directed dozens of commercials and videos including over a dozen commercial series for various humanitarian organizations such as Compassion International and ChildCare International, in over 10 countries such as Uganda, Colombia, Haiti, and Dominican Republic. He directed his feature film debut at the age of 18 Cody Fitz, which went on to play across the world at various film festivals picking up several awards. His second feature film Incontrol debuted internationally at FrightFest UK, to rave reviews and was released internationally. As a producer he produced Still/Born which was awarded "The Scariest Film" at The Overlook Film Festival and is being released by Vertical Entertainment and AMC's Shudder as well as What Keeps You Alive, which debuted at SXSW and was named one of the top 10 horror films of 2018 by Rolling Stone Magazine. As of 2019 he in post on two feature films he directed, Spiral and Summerland, as well as having several feature films in production as a producer.