ABOUT
Colin Archdeacon is an American film director and producer. He is best known for his work on the Paramount+ series Ctrl+Alt+Desire and the Netflix series Missing: Dead or Alive. He began his career as a video journalist, making films for outlets like The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC and PBS.
He's always looking for stories with psychological depth and real world stakes, the more nuance the better.
Colin Archdeacon is an American documentary film director and producer. He is best known for his work on the Paramount+ series Ctrl+Alt+Desire and the Netflix series Missing: Dead or Alive. He began his career as a video journalist, making films for outlets like The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC and PBS.
He's always looking for stories with psychological depth and real world stakes, the more nuance the better.
WORK
CTRL+ALT+DESIRE
I directed this Paramount+ series about a man whose infatuation with a cam model landed him in the center of a homicide investigation. Based on four years of secretly recorded prison calls, the film is a meditation on the way technology and loneliness are reshaping society.
MISSING
This Netflix docuseries follows police in South Carolina as they search for everyday people who disappear under mysterious circumstances. By embedding with distressed families and seasoned investigators, the series sheds light on the crises of drug abuse and poverty in the United States. I was a cinematographer and field producer on the first two seasons.
NEWTOK
This sweeping portrait of America’s first climate change refugees was filmed over five years in a remote Alaskan village. As one of the principal cinematographers and field producers, I lived alongside Yupiq families as rising sea levels forced them to evacuate their homes and rebuild an entire community.
SHAHADA
I directed this two-part investigative series on muslims in the military for NBC Left Field. I got intimate access to life on US Air Force bases and told the story of two young muslim women finding their way in the armed forces. The resulting documentaries are an exploration of faith and family against the backdrop of the war on terror.
THE DEATH OF KODAK FILM
This documentary retraces the collapse of the Eastman Kodak Company and the impact it had on people who relied on the once-booming analogue film industry. The film first appeared in The New York Times and later aired on PBS.
REEL