Colby Day

Colby Day
Colby Day
Born	California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Playwright
Years active	2011–present

Colby Day is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and playwright.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was listed as one of MovieMaker Magazine's "25 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2024, in collaboration with the Austin Film Festival (AFF).^[4]^[5]

Career

Colby Day was born and raised in California. He graduated from the Department of Dramatic Writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2010.^[6] His plays have been featured by several theater companies, including Crashbox Theatre Company, Pipeline Theatre Company, and The Tank, among others.^[7]^[8] He directed Appetite in 2012, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.

Day wrote In the Blink of an Eye, which was featured on The Black List in 2016. This script is currently in post-production with director Andrew Stanton and actors Rashida Jones, Kate McKinnon, and Daveed Diggs.^[9]^[10] He also adapted the science fiction novel Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky for Lionsgate.^[1] He was hired to develop and write the television pilot Simultaneous for Hulu, based on a short story by Eric Heisserer, with Heisserer and Lawrence Grey producing.^[11] He wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film Spaceman (2024), directed by Johan Renck, starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, and Paul Dano, which was an adaptation of the novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar.^[12]^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
2011	I Don't Want to Kill Myself	Writer and executive producer	Feature film
2012	Appetite	Director	Short film
2013	Storefront	Director, writer and producer	Short film
2017	Happy Vacation	Co-director, co-writer and co-producer	Short film
2017	Perks	Co-director, co-writer and producer	Short film
2022	Lead/Follow	Director, writer and producer	Short film
2024	The School of Canine Massage	Producer	Short film
2024	Spaceman	Writer	Feature film
TBA	In the Blink of an Eye	Writer	Feature film

Theatre

Felix & The Diligence (2011)
Giant Killer Slugs! (2012)
The Great Molly (2014)
Kitchen Sink Experiment(s) (2015)

References

^ ^a ^b "Sci-Fi Novel 'Children of Time' to Be Adapted by Colby Day for Lionsgate (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Colby Day Explores Loneliness, Isolation and Scary Spiders In "Spaceman"". creativescreenwriting.com. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
^ "IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE: Colby Day's Touted Black List Sci-Fi Drama in the Searchlight Spotlight". film-book.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "The Austin Film Festival's 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024". moviemaker.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "AFF's 2024 Screenwriters to watch". austinfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "2018 Young & Hungry List". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Colby Day". pipelinetheatre.org. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Crashbox Theater Company to Stage World Premiere of KITCHEN SINK EXPERIMENT(S)". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "2016 Black List: The 73 hottest unproduced screenplays in Hollywood". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Andrew Stanton to Direct Live-Action 'In the Blink of an Eye' for Searchlight". thewrap.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Eric Heisserer's Short Story 'Simultaneous' Getting Hulu Series Adaptation; Colby Day Scripting". deadline.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Moving Forward Through an Emotional Story: A Conversation with 'Spaceman' Screenwriter Colby Day". scriptmag.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ "Adam Sandler & Carey Mulligan On Spaceman's Themes, Director, And Bread Intake". screenrant.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

External links

Colby Day at IMDb
Official website

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[:0-1] "Sci-Fi Novel 'Children of Time' to Be Adapted by Colby Day for Lionsgate (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[2] "Colby Day Explores Loneliness, Isolation and Scary Spiders In "Spaceman"". creativescreenwriting.com. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

[3] "IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE: Colby Day's Touted Black List Sci-Fi Drama in the Searchlight Spotlight". film-book.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[4] "The Austin Film Festival's 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024". moviemaker.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[5] "AFF's 2024 Screenwriters to watch". austinfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[6] "2018 Young & Hungry List". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[7] "Colby Day". pipelinetheatre.org. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[8] "Crashbox Theater Company to Stage World Premiere of KITCHEN SINK EXPERIMENT(S)". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[9] "2016 Black List: The 73 hottest unproduced screenplays in Hollywood". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[10] "Andrew Stanton to Direct Live-Action 'In the Blink of an Eye' for Searchlight". thewrap.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[11] "Eric Heisserer's Short Story 'Simultaneous' Getting Hulu Series Adaptation; Colby Day Scripting". deadline.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[12] "Moving Forward Through an Emotional Story: A Conversation with 'Spaceman' Screenwriter Colby Day". scriptmag.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[13] "Adam Sandler & Carey Mulligan On Spaceman's Themes, Director, And Bread Intake". screenrant.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

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