Castille Landon

{{short description|American director and actress}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| birth_place = Bradenton, Florida, U.S

| occupation = Actress, filmmaker

| yearsactive = 2007–present

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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).

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_enchanted_stallion|title=Albion: The Enchanted Stallion – Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}} The following year, she made her second film, a family drama Apple of My Eye starring Amy Smart, AJ Michalka and Burt Reynolds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/apple_of_my_eye_2003|title=Apple of My Eye – Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}

In 2020, she directed After We Fell and After Ever Happy.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/spotlight/castille-landon-1234999955/|title='After Ever Happy' Helmer Castille Landon Talks About Drama and Safe Sets|first=Carole|last=Horst|date=June 24, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/after-we-fell-castille-london-interview/|title=Castille London Interview: After We Fell|date=October 18, 2021|website=ScreenRant}} In 2021, she with producers said, that later will be movies prequel and sequel.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/after-franchise-expands-with-prequel-castille-landon-set-as-director-writer-1234739407/|title='After' Franchise Expands With Prequel & Sequel; Castille Landon Set As Director & Writer|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=April 19, 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_of_rain|title=Fear of Rain – Rotten Tomatoes|date=February 12, 2021|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/20/fear-of-rain-review-horror-mental-illness|title=Fear of Rain review – lurid horror film takes aim at mental illness stereotypes|first=Cath|last=Clarke|work=The Guardian |date=April 20, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/2021/02/10/interview-director-castille-landon-for-fear-of-rain/|title=[Interview] Director Castille Landon for FEAR OF RAIN|first=Shannon|last=McGrew|work=Nightmarish Conjurings |date=February 10, 2021}} In 2023, she directed the sports drama film Perfect Addiction.{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/perfect-addiction-kiana-madeira-castille-landon-interviews/|title=Exclusive: Perfect Addiction Director and Star on Their Female-Empowered Sports Romance|date=April 14, 2023|website=MovieWeb}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/perfect_addiction|title=Perfect Addiction – Rotten Tomatoes|date=March 27, 2023|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}} Later in 2023, Landon wrote and directed the comedy film Summer Camp starring Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard,{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/diane-keaton-kathy-bates-alfre-woodard-join-summer-camp-movie-1235274715/|title=Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates & Alfre Woodard Set For Castille Landon Comedy 'Summer Camp'|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=February 28, 2023}} which was released in May 2024 to generally negative reviews.

Filmography

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Year

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2012

|Every Other Second

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|rowspan=3| Short film

2012

|Halfway to Nowhere

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

2014

|Swipe Right

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

2016

|Albion: The Enchanted Stallion

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

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2017

|Apple of My Eye

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

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rowspan=2| 2021

|Fear of Rain

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

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After We Fell

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

2022

|After Ever Happy

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=2| 2023

|Perfect Addiction

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

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After Everything

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

| Also producer

2024

| Summer Camp

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

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References

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