Talent Guide

Winslow Crane-Murdoch

  • Discipline:Cinematographer, Director
  • Program Year:Documentary Story Lab 2026

Bio

Winslow Crane-Murdoch is an award winning director and cinematographer based in Portland, OR. His first documentary feature, The Quiet Epidemic, had its World Premiere at HotDocs 2022 and received a national theatrical release culminating in a screening at Congress. His other credits include award-winning documentary short Oh Whale (2025) and Strong Grandma (2024), which screened at the Paris Olympics and was acquired by The New Yorker Magazine. Crane-Murdoch’s work has appeared on HBO, TIME Magazine, Outside TV and the San Francisco MOMA and has been supported by the Catapult Film Fund.

Current Project

A Bird with a Knife

Logline

A Bird with a Knife explores the 50-year mystery surrounding thousands of cattle mutilations across the American West. Following a veteran investigator, an Oregon sheriff and the ranchers whose cases they’re working to solve, this film is about folklore, faith and the stories we tell when no absolute truth exists.