Castille Landon

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Castille Landon
Born (1991-10-02) October 2, 1991 (age 32) [1]
Occupation(s)Actress, filmmaker
Years active2007–present

Castille Landon Rath (born on October 2, 1991) is an American actress and filmmaker. She directed the films Fear of Rain (2021), After We Fell (2021), After Ever Happy (2022) and After Everything (2023).

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Life and career

Landon was born in Bradenton, Florida. Her mother is film producer Dori A. Rath. She began her career as actress playing small roles on television series Ghost Whisperer and Tell Me You Love Me . She made her big screen debut playing a supporting role in the 2013 comedy film, Ass Backwards and the following year appeared in films X/Y , Among Ravens and Sex Ed . In 2016, she co-starred, wrote and directed fantasy film Albion: The Enchanted Stallion starring Jennifer Morrison, Stephen Dorff and Debra Messing. [2] The following year, she made her second film, a family drama Apple of My Eye starring Amy Smart, AJ Michalka and Burt Reynolds. [3]

In 2020, she directed After We Fell and After Ever Happy . [4] [5] In 2021, she with producers said, that later will be movies prequel and sequel. [6] Later she didn't say anything about this information. Later Castille wrote script for After Everything with Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin together. In 2022, were filmed After Everything with parts from 2020. In 2023 year, Voltage Pictures announced that After Everything is fifth and final chapter of franchise.

In 2021, Landon directed and wrote the psychological thriller film, Fear of Rain starring Katherine Heigl and Madison Iseman. The film has an approval rating of 50% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews. [7] [8] [9] In 2023, she directed the sports drama film Perfect Addiction. [10] [11] Later in 2023, Landon wrote and directed the comedy film Summer Camp starring Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard, [12] which was released in May 2024 to generally negative reviews.

Filmography

YearTitle Director Writer Notes
2012Every Other SecondNoYesShort film
2012Halfway to NowhereNoYes
2014Swipe RightYesYes
2016Albion: The Enchanted StallionYesYes
2017Apple of My EyeYesYes
2021 Fear of Rain YesYes
After We Fell YesNo
2022 After Ever Happy YesNo
2023Perfect AddictionYesNo
After Everything YesYesAlso producer
2024 Summer Camp YesYes

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