---
name: "Trey Edward Shults"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trey-edward-shults"
fi1m_id: "trey-edward-shults"
imdb_id: "nm4099092"
tmdb_id: 1423660
wikidata_id: "Q22212893"
roles: ["Intern","Director"]
born: "6 October 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:43:01.318251+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Trey Edward Shults

## Identity

Trey Edward Shults

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trey-edward-shults
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trey-edward-shults
- **IMDb ID:** nm4099092
- **TMDB ID:** 1423660
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22212893
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Edward_Shults, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22212893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4099092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1423660

Intern and director. Born 6 October 1988 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Intern, Director
- **Born:** 6 October 1988, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Trey Shults
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Edward_Shults, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22212893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4099092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1423660

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Trey Edward Shults is an American film director, writer and producer. Born on 6 October 1988, he began his career with short films including *Mother and Son* (2010) and *Two to One* (2011). He interned on three Terrence Malick productions before directing the short *Krisha* (2014), which he expanded into his feature debut of the same name (2015).

Shults is known for the films *It Comes at Night* (2017), *Waves* (2019) and *Hurry Up Tomorrow* (2025), on which he also served as writer and editor. He has directed an episode of the Apple TV+ series *Cape Fear* (2026) and an episode of *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022).

Several of his early works feature members of his family, including his aunt Krisha Fairchild.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Cape Fear* (2026), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Fi1m 84, Intern — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cape Fear* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md)
- *Hurry Up Tomorrow* (2025), as Man on Rollercoaster (uncredited) · Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Editor
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, Director
- *Waves* (2019), Music Editor, Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
- *The Lighthouse* (2019), Thanks — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lighthouse.md)
- *Shadow of a Gun* (2018), Thanks
- *It Comes at Night* (2017), Writer, Editor, Director
- *Song to Song* (2017), Camera Production Assistant
- *Voyage of Time: Life's Journey* (2017), as Intern
- *Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience* (2016), Second Assistant Camera
- *The Places We've Been Have Become All But Ghosts* (2016), Thanks
- *Krisha* (2016), as Trey · Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
- *Midnight Special* (2016), Camera Production Assistant
- *Thunder Road* (2016), Thanks
- *Krisha* (2014), as Trey · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), as Intern — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *Two to One* (2011), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Mother and Son* (2010), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *The Sticks*, series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Altered States*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Bill Wise, Krisha Fairchild & Trey Edward Shults (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/21896/gallery-fc5b1d349177.jpg) Bill Wise, Krisha Fairchild & Trey Edward Shults (2015) — Filmwax Radio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Bill_Wise%2C_Krisha_Fairchild_%26_Trey_Edward_Shults_%2816839581612%29.jpg/1280px-Bill_Wise%2C_Krisha_Fairchild_%26_Trey_Edward_Shults_%2816839581612%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bill Wise, Krisha Fairchild & Trey Edward Shults (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/21896/gallery-6754c6a41b3b.jpg) Bill Wise, Krisha Fairchild & Trey Edward Shults (2015) — Filmwax Radio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Krisha_Fairchild_2015.jpg/500px-Krisha_Fairchild_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trey Edward Shults](https://film.one/media/person/21896/gallery-930ac06ce497.jpg) Trey Edward Shults — Filmwax Radio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Trey_Edward_Shults.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![www.redcarpetreporttv.com Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report host, Kristyn Burtt were invited to come out to the 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards to c (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/21896/gallery-d44d7022b24c.jpg) www.redcarpetreporttv.com Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report host, Kristyn Burtt were invited to come out to the 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards to c (2016) — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Trey_Edward_Shults_at_the_2016_Film_Independent_Spirit_Awards_-_DSC_0582_%2825331114266%29.jpg/1280px-Trey_Edward_Shults_at_the_2016_Film_Independent_Spirit_Awards_-_DSC_0582_%2825331114266%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![www.redcarpetreporttv.com Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report host, Kristyn Burtt were invited to come out to the 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards to c (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/21896/gallery-a5014c149431.jpg) www.redcarpetreporttv.com Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report host, Kristyn Burtt were invited to come out to the 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards to c (2016) — Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Trey_Edward_Shults_at_the_2016_Film_Independent_Spirit_Awards_-_DSC_0582_%2825331114266%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Trey_Edward_Shults_at_the_2016_Film_Independent_Spirit_Awards_-_DSC_0582_%2825331114266%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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