Harry Lighton

Harry Lighton (born 20 October 1992) is an English film director and screenwriter, whose feature directorial debut Pillion premiered in 2025.^[1]

Originally from Portsmouth, Hampshire, he began making short films while studying literature at the University of Oxford.^[2] His most noted short film, Wren Boys (2017), received a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Short Film at the 71st British Academy Film Awards,^[3] and a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best British Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2017.^[4]

Pillion premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival,^[5] where Lighton won the award for Best Screenplay in the program.^[6]

Filmography

Knitlab: XY - 2016
Sunday Morning Coming Down - 2016
Look at Me - 2017
Wren Boys - 2017
Leash - 2018
Pompeii - 2019
Pillion - 2025

References

^ Charles Gant, "‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on finding the light in his transgressive queer drama: 'I didn’t want the sex to feel like empty provocation'". Screen Daily, 18 May 2025.
^ Ben Dalton, "Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Harry Lighton (writer/director)". Screen Daily, 4 October 2018.
^ Rosie Fletcher, "BAFTA Film Awards 2018 winners list in full". Digital Spy, 18 February 2018.
^ Tom Grater, "'Lady Macbeth' leads 2017 BIFAs with 15 nominations". Screen Daily, 1 November 2017.
^ Peter Debruge, "‘Pillion’ Review: Edgy Queer Romance Stars Alexander Skarsgård as a Sexy Biker and Harry Melling as His Budding Submissive". Variety, 18 May 2025.
^ Orlando Parfitt, "Chile’s ‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ wins top Un Certain Regard award at 2025 Cannes Film Festival". Screen Daily, 23 May 2025.

External links

Harry Lighton at IMDb

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[1] Charles Gant, "‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on finding the light in his transgressive queer drama: 'I didn’t want the sex to feel like empty provocation'". Screen Daily, 18 May 2025.

[2] Ben Dalton, "Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Harry Lighton (writer/director)". Screen Daily, 4 October 2018.

[3] Rosie Fletcher, "BAFTA Film Awards 2018 winners list in full". Digital Spy, 18 February 2018.

[4] Tom Grater, "'Lady Macbeth' leads 2017 BIFAs with 15 nominations". Screen Daily, 1 November 2017.

[5] Peter Debruge, "‘Pillion’ Review: Edgy Queer Romance Stars Alexander Skarsgård as a Sexy Biker and Harry Melling as His Budding Submissive". Variety, 18 May 2025.

[6] Orlando Parfitt, "Chile’s ‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ wins top Un Certain Regard award at 2025 Cannes Film Festival". Screen Daily, 23 May 2025.

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