TANNER K WILLIAMS

Tanner K Williams is a Los Angeles-based, queer, Ex Mormon director and photographer using repulsion and nostalgia to digest conversations of mental health, trigger social reeducation, and disintegrate myopic religious expectations of sex and gender. Their anti-triumphant body of work enables viewers to grapple with difficult-to-approach religious and political issues by providing a familiar, albeit uncomfortable space. Gaudy absurdity contrasts with heavy, lived human experiences to present a satirical harmony of the yucky and the cute.

Tanner is a creative force having developed a niche and relatable language that satirizes traumas and critiques hate groups in a nuanced, poignant way. Tanner’s recent stand-out music video “shiversucker” for Madge won three golds at this years Ciclope’s festival of creativity demonstrating the filmmakers raw talent and fresh intentional approach to meaningful visual storytelling.

Awards/Shortlists

2026 British Arrows - Golden arrow (Beat bunny)

2026 Shots - GOLD - Best new director (Beat bunny)

2026 Shots - Silver - best music video (beat Bunny)

2026 D&AD - Wooden pencil (choreography) shortlisted for editing (beat bunny)

2026 1.4 - Gold music video (beat Bunny)

2026 Young directors Awards - Music video (Beat bunny)

2026 Berlin music video festival shortlist - Best performance (beat Bunny)

2026 Berlin music video festival shortlist - Best music video (beat Bunny)

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2025 d&AD - Wooden pencil award (Shiversucker)

2025 - Young Directors awards - Gold screening (Shiversucker)

2025 Satchi and satchi new creators showcase (shiversucker)

2025 young Arrows shortlist (Shiversucker)

2025 Shots Shortlist (Shiversucker)

2025 1.4 shortlist (Shiversucker)

Ciclope 2024 - Gold New director, GOLD cinematography, gold editing (Shiversucker)

Publications

King Kong Magazine Print Issue 15 - “Devendra Banhart” 2023

King Kong Magazine Print Issue 13 - “Benny Drama,” 2022

Off the Rails Print Issue 18 - “Hurt, Skepticism and Apathy,” 2021

King Kong Magazine Print Issue 12 - “Pseudo-Summer,” 2021

Paper magazine - “No Formula Could’ve Created Madge,” 2019

This Bitch Magazine - “Mad about Madge,” 2018

Inscape Literary Magazine - Brigham Young University, 2018

Screenings

2026 SXSW London (beat bunny)

2025 Flux festival