I am Link Kraft and I am a director, writer, and cinematographer who has a passion for telling highly visual stories. My first love of film came from practical effects, watching films like ‘Alien’ and ‘The Dark Crystal’ and being in awe of how they achieved the monsters. It was magical and felt like getting to work on building other worlds only in my imagination. This fascination over time eventually evolved into camera work. I was always working with cameras, first using them to make stop motion animations. I started watching films with a more critical eye, and found I was almost always looking at how they achieved something visually. I would see a shot I liked and would try to figure out how they achieved that, what lens they used, what filter, how the lights were positioned. Films felt less like something made from magic, and more like something humans made that I could learn to do myself. I was particularly inspired by films that felt like windows into another world, fantasy, sci fi, and period settings. How everything was constructed yet it didn’t feel fake but genuine, even when the story was fantastical.

I take massive pleasure in working with a crew and collaborating with each discipline to create a shared vision. I always look forward to the next film and to be taken on the journey that each one uniquely gives, to learn new lessons from the different challenges they provide in order to grow and become a better director.