Lucian Orsinger

Lucian Orsinger is a Chicago-based director who has always been enthralled by storytelling. As a teenager, he realized that film was the perfect medium to express that passion. Growing up in Oregon, Lucian was fortunate to receive a globally focused education within the International High School program which helped him to focus his sights outside of the US. His higher education path led him to Santa Fe, NM where he continued to hone his filmmaking skill. Following the closure of that university, he moved to Chicago to finish off his degree at Columbia College Chicago, graduating in 2019. He enjoys spending time in nature, on the couch watching movies and collaborating with other filmmakers. "Idle Hands", Lucian's first independently produced short follows Anton, a rising amateur fighter, whose haunted past fuels his ferocious victories. After a brutal attack prompts buried memories, Anton must choose between the familiarity of violence and the uncertainty of a more peaceful path.