Winslow Crane-Murdoch is a director, cinematographer and editor based in Portland, OR. His debut documentary feature, The Quiet Epidemic, had its World Premiere at HotDocs 2022, as part of their special presentations program, and was voted into the Top 20 for the audience award. It has gone on to be accepted into 19 other festivals around the country, including the prestigious DocNYC, Woodstock Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, and Hamptons International Film Festival. The film was awarded “Best Documentary” at the Adirondack Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, and DocUTAH. The film will be distributed by First Run Features, qualified for the 2022 Academy Awards, and starts its national theatrical release in late 2022.
Since graduating from Connecticut College in 2013 where he studied film, his work has taken him across the country and overseas. He made a multimedia project about student loan debt, hiked and filmed a 3,000 km walk across New Zealand for Outside Television and has shot and directed for large brands and political campaigns.