Noah Berc

Noah Berc (he/him) is a gay Indigenous filmmaker, writer, and performer from Ontario, and a proud member of the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation under Treaty 8. He tells stories that live in the overlap between horror and humour, shame and spectacle, queerness and craving—to be loved, to be seen, even when you're leaking, twitching, or totally falling apart. Noah got his start in front of the camera as an ACTRA actor, working in film, TV, and commercials. That experience taught him how to be watched—how to control the narrative with just a glance or breath—which eventually led him to directing. His work now is where that actor’s intuition meets a writer’s sharp tongue and a filmmaker’s obsession with the awkward, the eerie, and the emotionally exposed. Pimple Patch marks Noah’s directorial debut, and it’s very much a first film in the best way: personal, scrappy, and too honest to be cool. He draws from queer theory, Indigenous storytelling, and the guts of genre filmmaking to create stories that are as heartbroken as they are hilarious. Noah is headed to Queen’s University to pursue an MA in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies, where he’ll continue to explore the weird and tender intersections of queerness, horror, and identity on screen. He makes work for the freaks, the feelers, and anyone who’s ever had a panic attack in a public washroom.