Tyler Gillett is an American film director, cinematographer, writer, and producer. A co-creator of the filmmaking collective

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, Gillett co-directed, with

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (born February 19, 1978) is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. He is a founding member of the punk band Link 80 and co-creator of the filmmaking collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence. He is best know ...

, the horror films '' Devil's Due'' (2014), '' Ready or Not'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2022). He was also featured in a popular 2020 episode of the podcast '' Reply All''.

Early life and education

Born and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, Gillett earned dual BFAs in film production and studio art, photography, from the

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in 2004.

Film

Gillett began his film career in the camera department on the

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movie ''

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''. After working as a camera loader, operator and then DP, he began directing short films with comedians from

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and

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, and later directed, produced and edited the series ''Domesticating'', ''Funny in Love'' and ''Books'', for

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''Chad, Matt & Rob''

In 2009, Gillett began working with

and Chad Villella as part of the collective

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. Gillett co-directed, co-produced, co-wrote, co-edited and worked as cinematographer on three interactive adventure shorts – ''The Birthday Party'', ''The Teleporter'' and ''The Treasure Hunt'' – as well as the found footage horror short ''Mountain Devil Prank Fails Horribly''. The group became known for their signature style, which blended adventure, comedy, sci-fi and horror, and received nearly 100,000,000 views online.

''Radio Silence''

After the dissolution of

, Gillett formed

with Bettinelli-Olpin, Villella and

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. The group co-directed the "10/31/98" segment of the horror feature film ''

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''. ''

'' premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by

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, and released theatrically on October 5, 2012. With Bettinelli-Olpin, Gillett directed '' Devil's Due'', a 2014 horror feature film from

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and

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. Their film '' Southbound'' premiered at the 2015

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and was released theatrically by the Orchard on February 5, 2016.Sneider, Jeff (2015-10-8) ''The Wrap'' http://www.thewrap.com/the-orchard-buys-anthology-horror-movie-southbound-after-toronto-debut/ In 2019, Gillett co-directed the well-reviewed comedic thriller '' Ready or Not'' with

for

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, starring

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, Adam Brody,

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, and Mark O'Brien. In March 2020, it was announced that Gillett would co-direct ''

'', the fifth installment of the ''Scream'' franchise, alongside

, with Kevin Williamson serving as executive producer. The film was released on January 14, 2022.

''Reply All''

Gillett appeared in a March 2020 episode of the podcast '' Reply All'', "The Case of the Missing Hit", in which he asked the podcasts' hosts for help in identifying a song he had heard on mainstream radio in the 1990s, but of which there was barely any trace on the internet. In the episode, ''Reply All'' host P.J. Vogt goes to great lengths to try to identify the song, including interviewing a variety of music industry notables and hiring a group of musicians to record the song based on Gillett's recollection. The episode was both popular and critically acclaimed, with ''

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'' calling it "perhaps the best-ever episode of any podcast".

Filmography (with
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (born February 19, 1978) is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. He is a founding member of the punk band Link 80 and co-creator of the filmmaking collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence. He is best know ...
)

Feature films * '' Devil's Due'' (2014) * '' Ready or Not'' (2019) * ''

'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2023) Short films

References

External links

*
Official WebsiteDevil's Due
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