Luke Gilford

Luke Gilford is a photographer, writer and filmmaker from Santa Cruz, CA and based in Venice Beach. Luke graduated from UCLA in 2008 and since then his photography and films have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world - including MoMA in New York City and FOAM in Amsterdam. It was a 4 year long photography project documenting his friend's gender transition that inspired Luke to start telling stories with films.

Luke's first film project was directing David Lynch for a dreamlike short for Dom Perignon. Soon after, Luke directed a short film for Prada, The Future of Flesh, which featured Jane Fonda in its voice over. The project received critical acclaim and led Luke to develop his ideas further for his first narrative film, Connected, starring Dree Hemingway and Pamela Anderson.

Luke has also collaborated with Maison Martin Margiela, Anjelica Huston, Proenza Schouler, Bryan Cranston and MS MR. His work has been published in The New York Times, Dazed & Confused, V Magazine and GQ Style.