Bio
I’m a filmmaker working across narrative film, documentary and commercial projects, guided by sustained research into intergenerational memory, belief and archives.
Writing is central to my process.
I studied a BSc and later an MSc in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics. Anthropology’s emphasis on participation and embodied knowledge continues to inform how I work with people and places.
This approach extends into my ongoing engagement with urbanism through Freehold Magazine, where I focus on placemaking and everyday interventions into urban spaces.
Alongside my film practice, I work commercially with start-ups, fashion brands and cultural institutions. My commercial experience includes project management, branding, graphic design and creative direction.
Email: brandonstcatherine@gmail.com
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CV
THINGS YOU CANNOT STEALDOC 45456
INFO
Producer: Jordan Willis
Director: Brandon St. Catherine
Writer: Brandon St. Catherine
DOP: Hal Pilkington
HD video
16:9
Colour
18 minutes, 26 seconds
View on Request
DESCRIPTION
Things You Cannot Steal explores the fractured interior world of a young Black man living with the invisible aftermath of violence.
The film follows Ryo, a young man who is attempting, and failing, to come to terms with a violent past. This unresolved preoccupation quietly shapes his daily life.
Loosely inspired by a Zen kōan, the film uses minimalism and duration as narrative devices to spur introspection. Ultimately, Things You Cannot Steal becomes a meditation on what cannot be taken from a person.
The Koan:
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift."
The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.