As a film director, he made the short films "Kosmos" (2011), "Tuesday" (2012), "Paradise Falls" (2013), "Lewis" (2015), "Mouseland" (2017), "Good Boy" (2018) and "August 22, This Year" (2020). "Paradise Falls" was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list in 2013, and "August 22, This Year" was an official selection of the International Critics' Week program at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.