ABOUT ME

Redd Coltrane is an artist and filmmaker from Columbus, Ohio. Redd’s artistic career began in music, studying as a classical double bassist and pianist. At age 18, Coltrane began attending Columbia University and The Juilliard School in New York City at the same time studying Music, Sociology, and Double Bass Performance under the tutelage of the New York Philharmonic’s Timothy Cobb.

While at Columbia, Coltrane was called to action to make his first feature length documentary, Midwestern Atoll, while still an undergraduate student, which sparked his love of filmmaking. Redd now lives in Los Angeles and has completed his MFA in Film and Television Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has produced over 30 films, some of which have qualified for Academy Award consideration. His films have played and won awards at various film festivals, from Chicago International Film Festival to South by Southwest.

In addition to his achievements in Producing and Directing, Redd was nominated and selected to join Sony’s first-ever Future of Cinematography program.