I study Directing Fiction at the National Film and Television School and have just completed my graduate film HAND TO GOD.
My writing partner Noah Stratton-Twine and I just directed our first feature together, THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT, a Roger Corman inspired comedy/mystery set to hit film festivals in 2026. We have other feature projects in development including the body-horror ROT with Goldcrest Films and western-thriller A HOT CUP OF MUD with Dry Eye Film.
My past films have played around the world in Tokyo (Short Shorts Film Festival), Cannes (with the Straight8 competition) as well as at Oscar Qualifying Festivals in London.
Contact
jakelakuhn32@gmail .com
Instagram @jakekuhn
THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT
FEATURE FILM, 2026Jack Redmayne
Os Leanse
Alyth Ross
Mike Mackenzie
Dashiell Upton
Jason Hogan
Executive Producers: Igor Engler & Oliver Woolf
Cinematographer: Murray Zev Cohen
Sound Design: Joe Eccles & Nick Smith
VFX: Elliot Poyzer
Principal Production Funding: Gittes-Cross Productions
Format: Feature Film
Runtime: 1:21:00
Date of Completion: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Shooting Format: Sony Fx6
Screening Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio:4:3
SYNOPSIS:
Jim Baitte, a layabout sound designer desperate to prove himself, is working on a new horror flick. Accused of lacking vision and creative courage, Jim is sent to the remote island of Pincer Point, where the film was shot, to find a sound powerful enough to elevate the movie’s finale.
Once there, eerie local fables surface. As Jim entangles himself further in the bizarre locals and scenery, he can’t help ponder the ever-confirming legend, and if capturing it might cost him more than just his career.
Jim Baitte, a layabout sound designer desperate to prove himself, is working on a new horror flick. Accused of lacking vision and creative courage, Jim is sent to the remote island of Pincer Point, where the film was shot, to find a sound powerful enough to elevate the movie’s finale.
Once there, eerie local fables surface. As Jim entangles himself further in the bizarre locals and scenery, he can’t help ponder the ever-confirming legend, and if capturing it might cost him more than just his career.
HAND TO GOD
SHORT FILM, 2026Os Leanse
Joe Barber
David Fielder
Jasmine O’Riordan
Daniel Copeland
Ted Leanse
Written By: Jake Kuhn & Noah Stratton-Twine
Producer: Igor Engler
Editor: Karin Raksanugraha
Cinematographer: Dylan Bruce
Production Designer: YeLynn Sim
Sound Design: Jacob Stone
Colorist: Scott Harrison
Music: Filip Badiar
Principal Production Funding: The National Film and Television School
Format: Short Film
Runtime: 19:20
Date of Completion: 2026
Language: English
Genre: Medieval Comedy
Shooting Format: Arri Mini
Screening Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
A medieval knight trapped in the top turret of a tower that’s being sieged, tries in vein to protect a baby he is convinced is his.
FLAWS
SHORT FILM, 2022Chihiro Kawasaki
Sam Ford
Robin Soans
Miniature Designer: Andy Gent (Arch Model Studio)
Producer: Rami Pantoja
Editor: Manuela Lupini
Cinematographer: Keith Gubbins
Sound Design: James Cassidy
Colorist: Otto Rodd
Music: Athenagoras Alexiou
Principal Production Funding: Amuse Inc.
Format: Short Film
Runtime: 12:51
Language: English
Genre: Musical
Shooting Format: Arri Mini
Screening Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
SYNOPSIS:
A dancer, with his new pair of tap shoes, torments his downstairs neighbor. What ensues is a fight that escalates to the roof, where their romantic history together is
revealed.
A dancer, with his new pair of tap shoes, torments his downstairs neighbor. What ensues is a fight that escalates to the roof, where their romantic history together is
revealed.
Flaws won the Amuse Inc Short musical pitch competition and premiered in Tokyo at the oscar-qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival.
BEARER
SHORT FILM. 2025Shadrach Agozino
Becky Bush
Alyth Ross
Frank Roome
Jason Hogan
Ritoban Roy Burman
Producer: Dylan Gillah, Will Perkins & Igor Engler
Editor: Karin Raksanugraha
Cinematographer: Max Brunner
Sound Design: Joe Eccles
Colorist: Michael Woloson
Music: Jackson Seib
Principal Production Funding: Dry Eye Film
Format: Short Film
Runtime: 14:36
Date of Completion: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Shooting Format: Arri Mini
Screening Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
SYNOPSIS:
A man has to call three friends to tell them tragic news.
A man has to call three friends to tell them tragic news.
GUIDEPRICE 1,100 1 BED FLAT TO RENT
SHORT FILM, 2025Kenton Llloyd-Morgan
Isobel Laidler
Conor Glean
Oscar Simmons
Ritoban Roy Burman
Producer: Angelina Marilyn Bok
Editor: Karin Raksanugraha
Cinematographer: Kaysar Kassim
Sound Design: Sandro Popkhadze
Colorist: Ellen Yu
Music: Jackson Seib
Principal Production Funding: The National Film and Television School
Format: Short Film
Runtime: 06:46
Date of Completion: 2024
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Shooting Format: Arriflex 16mm
Screening Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio: 3:2
SYNOPSIS:
An intimate look into a cheap apartment where tenants come and go, in a gentrified city.
An intimate look into a cheap apartment where tenants come and go, in a gentrified city.
The film won the Krzstof Szot award at the Lublin Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.
A LONELY, LONELY SPORT
SHORT FILM, 2024Daniel Abbott
Alex Francis
Cinematographer: Max Brunner
Production Designer: YeLynn Sim
Sound Design: Joseph Eccles
Music: Filip Badiar
Principal Production Funding: The National Film and Television School
Format: Short Film
Runtime: 04:20
Date of Completion: 2024
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Shooting Format: Sony FS6
Screening Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio: Circular
SYNOPSIS:
A lonely man catches a talking fish, who grants wishes, whilst fishing on an ice lake in Canada.
A lonely man catches a talking fish, who grants wishes, whilst fishing on an ice lake in Canada.