Dead Enders
Disaffected young gas station clerk Maya doesn’t care about much besides messing with her manager and getting her beer discount at the end of the midnight shift. But after a sinister species of mind-controlling parasites is set loose by irresponsible oil drillers, Maya realizes that there might be more to life than spending all your waking hours stacking shelves for a corporate overlord.
- USA
- 2021, 13 min
- Director: Tyler Walker, Fidel Ruiz-Healy
- Director of photography: Conor Murphy
- Editor: Katherine Yates
- Screenplay: Jordan Michael Blake, Conor Murphy, Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker
- Music: Chrisi Ruenes, Drake Tyler
- Sound: Douglas Szafir
- Cast: Skarlett Redd, Jeff Murdoch, Lilliana Winkworth, Joseph Rene
- Art Director: Chazz Fogie
- Producer: Tyler Walker, Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Raven Jensen
- Production: The American Standard Film Co.
Tyler Walker, Fidel Ruiz-Healy
Fidel Ruiz-Healy and Tyler Walker are award-winning writer-directors from the United States who have collaborated on narrative films, music videos, and commercials. Their debut feature The Homefront (2014) was an entrant in the Us in Progress Poland finishing festival, where it received the top post-production award. Their work has screened across the world at such film festivals as Sundance, SXSW, Slamdance, Palm Springs Shortfest, and Mill Valley, and has generated over 30 million views across various platforms.