Ian Tripp

Ian Tripp
Born	Ian Francis Tripp San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupations	Film director screenwriter film producer film editor actor
Years active	2014–present
Known for	Children of Celluloid
Notable work	Everybody Dies by the End Sincerely Saul

Ian Francis Tripp is an American filmmaker and actor who wrote and co-directed the found footage film Everybody Dies by the End (2022) and wrote and directed the black and white film Sincerely Saul (2024).

Personal life

Tripp grew up in San Diego, California. He started making films when he was a teenager.

Career

Tripp often works with actors Vinny Curran and Caroline Amiguet on his films. He acted in and co-produced the film Daydreamer by Sam Sprague.

Released films

Main articles: Everybody Dies by the End and Sincerely Saul

Tripp co-directed his debut film Everybody Dies by the End with Ryan Schafer. It premiered at FrightFest in 2022, and was listed on Vulture's 15 Horror Movies About Showbiz and Rotten Tomatoes' 100 Best Found Footage Movies.

His next film Sincerely Saul starred Schafer, and included numerous actors from the former. Film critic Daniel M. Kimmel compared it to seeing Eraserhead by David Lynch when it first released and wrote "don’t discount the possibility that writer/director Ian Tripp just might have more ambitious works in his future." The New York Times wrote it is a "gloriously demented low-fi horror comedy" and Variety listed it on their Best Horror of October 2025.

Both films were produced under Tripp's production company Children of Celluloid.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Producer	Writer	Director	Editor	Notes
2022	Everybody Dies by the End	Calvin	Yes	Yes	Co-director	Co-editor	also co-cinematographer
2024	Sincerely Saul	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Daydreamer	Jason Sandoval	Co-producer	No	No	No
TBA	Normy †	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Manny Moondog †	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Producer	Writer	Director	Notes
2015	Philip Finds Love	—	Executive	Yes	Yes	also cinematographer and editor
2017	Bag-Head	—	Co-producer	Yes	Yes	also editor
	180: Clone Test	Clone 1 / Clone 2	Yes	No	No
	Imperial Iliad	Alec	Yes	No	No
2018	Inanimate Objects Don't Talk Back	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	also editor
2019	Buggard	—	Yes	No	No
2022	Clown Time	Markus Scorson	Associate producer	No	No
	EGODEATH	Johnny Butts	Associate producer	No	No

External links

• Ian Tripp at IMDb
• Ian Tripp at Rotten Tomatoes
• Interview at Love Horror
• Interview at Bold Journey