David Findlay (filmmaker)

David Findlay (born September 3, 1991) is a Canadian film director.^[1] He is most noted for his 2022 short film Lay Me by the Shore,^[2] which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.^[3]

Born and raised in Quebec City, Quebec, he studied at the University of British Columbia.^[4] He wrote and directed a number of short films before making his feature debut with Everything Outside in 2018.^[5] His later short films included Found Me in 2020,^[6] and Faces in 2024, which marked the acting debut of Dutch model Rianne Van Rompaey.^[7]

Filmography

• C'est pas la fin du monde - 2011
• Callback - 2013
• The Middle Distance - 2014
• Nephew - 2015
• Everything Outside - 2018
• You Know Where You Belong - 2019
• Air - 2020
• Ndagukunda déjà - 2020
• Found Me - 2020
• Lay Me by the Shore - 2022
• Faces - 2024