Colby Day

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Colby Day
Born
California, U.S.
OccupationsFilmmaker, Screenwriter, Playwright
Years active2011–present

Colby Day is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and playwright.[1][2][3] He was listed as one of MovieMaker Magazine's "25 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2024, in collaboration with the Austin Film Festival (AFF).[4][5]

Career

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Colby Day was born and raised in California. He graduated from the Department of Dramatic Writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2010.[6] His plays have been featured by several theater companies, including Crashbox Theatre Company, Pipeline Theatre Company, and The Tank, among others.[7][8] He directed Appetite in 2012, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.

Day wrote In the Blink of an Eye, which was featured on The Black List in 2016.[9] This script is currently in post-production with director Andrew Stanton and actors Rashida Jones, Kate McKinnon, and Daveed Diggs.[10][11] He also adapted the science fiction novel Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky for Lionsgate.[1] He was hired to develop and write the television pilot Simultaneous for Hulu, based on a short story by Eric Heisserer, with Heisserer and Lawrence Grey producing.[12] He wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film Spaceman (2024), directed by Johan Renck, starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, and Paul Dano, which was an adaptation of the novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar.[13][14]

Personal life

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Day is married to documentary filmmaker Emma D. Miller.[15]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Contribution Note
2011 I Don't Want to Kill Myself Writer and executive producer Feature film
2012 Appetite Director Short film
2013 Storefront Director, writer and producer Short film
2017 Happy Vacation Co-director, co-writer and co-producer[16] Short film
2017 Perks Co-director, co-writer and producer Short film
2022 Lead/Follow Director, writer and producer[17] Short film
2024 The School of Canine Massage Producer[18] Short film
2024 Spaceman Writer[19] Feature film
2026 In the Blink of an Eye Writer[11] Feature film

Theatre

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  • Felix & The Diligence (2011)[20]
  • Giant Killer Slugs! (2012)[21]
  • The Great Molly (2014)[22]
  • Kitchen Sink Experiment(s) (2015)[23][24]

Music videos

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  • "Abstract Bitch" by Sam Corbin (featuring Blanche Dubwha) (2017)[25]

References

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