Finn Sparlowe is a writer, director, cinematographer, and musician from the Bay Area, California. Growing up, Finn was introduced to movies through his father, Kent Sparling, who works as a sound designer and composer. He made his first short film, Outlook, in 2022 while attending the NYU Summer High School Filmmakers program, and later premiered it at the Albany Film Festival in October of 2023. His other work includes the self-written and directed Hillside Cacti (2023), as well as Death and Life (2025) and Proxy (2025). Finn is an alumnus of the California State Summer School for the Arts ('23) and the UCLA Film and Television Summer Institute ('25). Currently, Finn is studying at UC Santa Cruz as a... You guessed it... Film and Digital Media major.