Andy Compton is an Asian American writer and director from the heart of the Midwest—St. Louis, Missouri. Once a hard-partying high school dropout from a dysfunctional home, Andy found sobriety in his late-20s, turned his life around, and went on to graduate Cum Laude from Webster University with a BA in Scriptwriting and a Minor in Film and Television Production. This sense of sweeping transformation often finds its way into his work, as his characters navigate small-town worlds in search of their own larger-than-life triumph, through which Andy balances his comedic sensibility with dramatic storytelling—shining a light on topics such as class struggle, addiction, and other dark aspects of life in the working-class Midwest. These stories aim to uplift and inspire viewers to pursue their own self- actualization.

During his time in film school, he wrote both of his 2021 Nicholl Semifinalist features, SUPLEX (Top 50) and BELLYACHE (Winner of Script Pipeline’s First Look Competition), along with writing and directing his 2020 short film, TIN BOX, Winner of Best Horror Short at Chicago Southland International Film Festival, Best Narrative Short (Audience Selection) at St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and was made an Official Selection of St. Louis International Film Festival, an Oscar-qualifying festival. Andy’s writing is often amusing, at times—heartbreaking, but always feels undeniably human.