Cole Wren

Cole Wren

Filmmaker

Documentary · Drama · Branded film

Now showing RootsFiction · 2023

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Writer · Director · Camera · Editor

Filmmaker across
documentary,
fiction &
branded film.

I’m Cole Wren. I write, direct, shoot and edit, and I take every film from the first idea to the final cut.

Reel I · DocumentaryReel II · FictionReel III · Branded & personal

Reel I

Documentary

All documentary work →
A groundsman drives a mower across the pitch in front of empty stands Beyond 90 MinutesDocumentary series · 2025–26

An observational series about the people who keep a professional football club running.

The groundsman, the kit man, the sport scientist, the goalkeeper coach: each film follows someone different, for as long as it takes for them to forget the camera. Eight films, from thirteen minutes to an hour.

The full series
Directed by
Cole Wren
Camera
Cole Wren
Edited by
Cole Wren
Made for
Colchester United FC
Running time
Eight films · 4h 47m
Reel II

Fiction

All three short films →
Two figures walk through a derelict hall RootsHorror short · 2023

After a nuclear disaster, a lab assistant goes back into an abandoned laboratory for life-saving medicine.

My graduation film. I wrote the screenplay and shot it on a Sony A7S, a Lumix G90 and a 1990s Mini DV camcorder, found the locations and ran the crowdfunding.

More about Roots
Written by
Cole Wren
Cinematography
Cole Wren
Directed by
Ryan Chapman
Co-editor
Cole Wren
Running time
14 minutes
Reel III

Branded & personal

Series, spec work and my own films

Now · In production

In-house filmmaker

Colchester United FC · July 2025 – present

I work in a small media team with direct input into the club’s visual direction, and the video is mine from start to finish. I plan it, write it, direct it, shoot it on my own cinema camera and cut it.

It is four kinds of production in one job, often in the same week.

More about the jobFilming a live event

  1. 01

    Documentary

    Beyond 90 Minutes, an eight-film observational series, and the interview-led Raised in the EFL.

  2. 02

    Live & multi-camera

    Four cameras, one operator: a Blackmagic 6K on long lenses, two Insta360s and a GoPro.

  3. 03

    Short-form

    Teasers and reels framed vertical and turned around while the moment is still fresh.

  4. 04

    Design

    Artwork for the club’s channels in Photoshop, so film and graphics share one look.

  • 8Documentary films in one series
  • 4h 47mOf long-form documentary
  • 4Cameras, one operator
  • 1Person, idea to export

Credits

Learned on set, from the ground up.

A First Class film degree, then junior crew work on five feature films, music videos and commercials.

As crew

Third assistant director
DrainedFeature film · 2024
Location marshal
NapoleonFeature film · Dir. Ridley Scott · 2022
Location marshal
Ed Sheeran: Under the TreeMusic video · 2024
Styling runner
RE 650 × IMFCommercial · 2024
Production assistant
Christmas at Plumhill ManorFeature film · 2024
Runner
Cinderella’s CurseFeature film · 2023

Training

First Class BA (Hons)
Film ProductionUniversity of Lincoln · 2023
Course
Lighting & Sound on LocationDevelop Talent · 2024

Shot & cut on

Camera
Blackmagic 6K Full FrameMy own kit
Edit & grade
DaVinci Resolve · Premiere Pro
Design
Photoshop

The story so farFull credits on IMDb (opens in a new tab)

Contact

Want to talk about the work, or about making films? Drop me a line.

cole.wren@gmail.com

© 2026 Cole Wren. Club films and graphics made for Colchester United FC. Club content © Colchester United FC.