Tyler C. Peterson

Founder & Executive Producer at Lux Daze Media, LLC
Director, Screenwriter and Producer

Los Angeles, California

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About Tyler

Tyler C. Peterson (he/him) is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and the founder of Capital Emmy-winning production company Lux Daze Media. He is best known as the Writer / Director for short films STAN BEHAVIOR, COPPER & WOOL, and SUMMER HILL.

Raised in rural Maryland, Tyler graduated from Towson University with a Bachelor's Degree in film and a thirst for challenging industry ideologies. Living in Baltimore, he began exploring both his voice as a Writer / Director and his own queer identity. With a passion for leading projects that put diversity as a priority both in front of and behind the camera, he established Lux Daze Media in 2015. His work focuses on character-driven stories following outsiders of niche communities and is visualized with a richly textured, dream-like aesthetic.

Tyler’s last film COPPER & WOOL, an improvised 16mm project has been an official selection in nine film festivals, including NewFilmmakers LA, won “Best Short Film” at the North Beach American Film Festival and “Festival Favorite'' at Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBT+ Film Festival, and has been nominated for seven awards including the Micheaux Film Festival’s Panavision Award for Outstanding Short. Additionally, the Jena Burchick-directed feature documentary MOM & M won a Capital Emmy award, which was Co-Produced by Tyler under Lux Daze Media. STAN BEHAVIOR is his fifth film as a Writer / Director.

Tyler's highly anticipated fifth short film STAN BEHAVIOR starring Ginger Minj (RuPaul's Drag Race, Dumplin', Hocus Pocus 2) and Yvonne Zima (The Long Kiss Goodnight, Heat, ER, The Young and the Restless) is completed and due for release in 2024.

Gender:
Male

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Green

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Stan Behavior (2022 - 2024)
Film (short) by Lux Daze Media (Comedy) Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor A drag queen (Ginger Minj) embarks on a quest for better workplace rights, but finds herself in a dicey situation when her new lawyer (Yvonne Zima), a tone-deaf straight woman, is revealed to be a drag super stan.
Copper & Wool (2021 - 2022)
Film (short) by Lux Daze Media (Drama and Short) Director, Co-writer, Executive Producer, Editor The weekend before her wedding, a young Jewish woman seeks clarity in a hilltop getaway where she forms a life changing bond with the eccentric, writer who owns the property.
Mom & M (2020)
Documentary by Jena Burchick Co-Producer
Summer Hill (2017 - 2019)
Film (short) by Lux Daze Media (Drama and Short) Writer & Director Writer, Director, Editor, Executive Producer
Just Another Day: How to Survive an Active Shooter Event on Campus (2018)
Film Production designer
Leadbeater (2017)
Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Romance) Director A depressed art student and her group of millennial beatnik friends struggle to cope with repressed romantic feelings at a psychedelic birthday party gone awry.
Avalon (2017)
Film (Short and Drama) Production designer A weathered farmer, sequestered by his mistakes, is presented with an opportunity to save a young man's life and atone for his past.
The Sisterhood of Girls Who Won't Date Me (2017)
Film (Comedy) Art department When sheepish high school senior Luke Modeno finds out that all of the girls at school have taken a secret oath not to date him, he must discover why. But his search for answers reveals some dark secrets about the school and the students there.
When A Wave Comes (2016)
Film (short) by Bethany Michalski, Aimee Schubert (Drama) Production Designer
Dying Breath (2016)
Film (short) by Michael Chang (Horror and Thriller) Production Designer
Chlorine (2016)
Film (short) by Valerie Genzano (Drama) Production Designer
Invictus 344 (2016)
Film (short) by Mozell Films / Lee Morton (Drama) Production Designer
A Mysterious and Sudden End (2015)
Film (short) by Lux Daze Media (Comedy, Mystery and Short) Director, Writer, Editor In the parlor of a wealthy family's estate, a straight laced maid and clueless groundskeeper panic when the self absorbed heiress of the house discovers them with the body of her murdered newlywed.
Intranaut (2015)
Film (short) by Tony Wilson (Drama) Assistant Production Designer

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Awards

Best Editor, Nominee - Short Stop International Film Festival
(2022)
Best of the Fest, Nominee - Short Stop International Film Festival
(2022)
Panavision Award: Outstanding Short, Nominee - Micheaux Film Festival
(2022)
Achievement in Direction, Winner - Cecil County Independent Film Festival
(2022)
Best Domestic Short, Winner - Cecil County Independent Film Festival
(2022)
Best Short, Winner - North Beach American Film Festival
(2022)
Festival Favorite - Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival
(2022)
Best Writing Nominee - Best of Los Angeles 48 Horror Comedy Festival
(2021)
Baltimore Sun Reader's Choice Award for Best Filmmaker Nominee
(2020)
"Winner of Audience Choice, Narrative Short" - Cecil County Film Festival
(2019)
"Winner of Best Narrative Short" - North Beach American Film Festival
(2019)
"Best Long Narrative" at Towson University's 2017 Media Arts Festival for "Leadbeater"
(2017)
"Best of Fest" at Towson University's 2017 Media Arts Festival for "Leadbeater"
(2017)
"Best Narrative Short Film" at the North Beach American Film Festival 2017 for "Leadbeater"
(2017)
"Best Short" at Towson University's 2016 Media Arts Festival for "A Mysterious and Sudden End"
(2016)
"Renegade Spirit Award" from Towson University's Electronic Media and Film Department
(2016)