Heirs
16 min 32 sec / 2025
When a wildfire levels a Colorado suburb just days after Christmas, sixteen-year-old Obi takes refuge at a local shelter and falls for another roguish teenage evacuee.
starring Macleay Bolgatz and Dylan Pitanza
with Kathryn Gould
and RJ Wagner
written and directed by Charlie Barker Theobald
produced by Andreas Nicholas and Kansas Ballesteros
director of photography Theo Gray
production design Eliza Soros
costume design MC Harvey
edited by Charlie Theobald
casting by Stuart Stone CSA and Matt Sweetenham
original music Sophie Capp
Official Selection Festival of Future Storytellers 2025, International Competition
ITWHWR
10 min 12 sec / 2022
starring Isa Garcia and Felix Teich
written and directed by Charlie Barker Theobald
produced by Jeremy Gumener, Bethiael Alemayoh, and Charlie Theobald
director of photography Ella Gibney
costume design Madeleine Fisher
edited by Charlie Theobald
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Kathy Wade...
5 min 2 sec / 2021
... gets dressed, makes a latte, has speech therapy, goes for a walk, practices writing, exercises, files her nails, sings Christmas carols, counts her pills, and gets ready for bed.
in memory of my grandmother
directed and edited by Charlie Barker Theobald
cinematography by Charlie Barker Theobald
First
4 min 10 sec / 2021
starring Taip Ceman and Freeman Bradley
written and directed by Charlie Theobald
produced by Ella Gibney and Charlie Theobald
director of photography Jeremy Gumener
production sound Joecar Hanna
edited by Charlie Theobald
Commissioned Work
Moving Through Parkinson’s / 2026
A short documentary about a movement therapy program building mobility and community in Northern Colorado.
in production
