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Tanner D. Masseth

Filmmaker, VFX Artist, 3D Animator
TannerD.Masseth@gmail.com

Tanner D. Masseth is a Fargo, ND native with over a decade of experience working in Chicago's vibrant film production industry.

He took on a variety of technical and managerial roles for big and small budget productions, including alongside industry greats Spike Lee, Karyn Kusama, Michael Bay, and Jordan Peele. Inspired while working in tandem with VFX maverick James McQuaide on Candyman in 2020, Masseth left the industry to pursue an education in alternative methods for indie production. His practice emphasizes the experimental application of combining virtual environments, 3D models, and character animation with live-action footage.

Masseth has produced and directed a number of internationally screened short films, winning Best Avant Garde short for Portrait 001: Security Guard (2023) at Drunken Film Fest Oakland and the Chicago Award for Sing Our Song When the World Ends (2024) at Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Tanner has co-produced and co-directed two omnibus feature films — Coin Celleil (2023), a remake of Chris Marker's Sans Soleil involving more than 40 contributors, premiered at Sara's Gallery in New York City in September 2023. Man with a Movie Camera (2025), a cut-for-cut 3-panel remake of Vertov’s 1929 film premiered as the opening night film at the 35th Onion City Experimental Film Festival.

He is on the board of the Chicago Underground Film Festival and resides in Logan Square.

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Lodgers of Euclid
Upcoming feature film in pre-production

 Writer/Director: TANNER D. MASSETH

 Producer: ELISE SCHIERBEEK

 Animator: TANNER D. MASSETH

 Cast: ELIJAH VALTER, DEREK SPENCER, ELISE SCHIERBEEK, CRAIG J. HARD, STEVEN KLAIMAN

 Music: ZES SCHIERER

SUMMARY

Lodgers of Euclid is a thriller about an occult motorcycle club that travels around the United States, taking contracts from an unnamed splinter organization inside the government, performing macabre rituals across an industrial port city. In each town that the Lodgers pass through, the main crew — consisting of The Boss, The Rider, and The Magician — build up their ranks with local recruits who are typically used to carry out contracts, which include targeted hits and public displays of violence. Our protagonist, The Rider, finds himself with no sense of why he is doing the work, or what his purpose is in the chain of command. Having been involved with the club so long that he's not sure of his own memories, The Rider tries to decouple from the gang for good. Things ultimately come to a head during a particularly violent home invasion. The fallout threatens to destroy the entire operation if the agency can't tie up loose ends.

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