Witchcraft is a film and television production company run by filmmakers Noah Lang and Rod Blackhurst.
Witchcraft is a development and production company based in Los Angeles and Nashville focused on genre storytelling with teeth, meaning, and an audience in a market climate that often forgets all three.
We started as an independent label focused on building filmmakers and writers from the ground up and have been fortunate to produce a number of acclaimed features. Whether it be the star-studded crime thriller BLOOD FOR DUST with Kit Harington and Josh Lucas, the body horror of SWALLOWED with XYZ and eOne, THIS IS NOT A WAR STORY for HBOmax, or our brutal reimagining of the slasher sub-genre with the widely acclaimed feature film DOLLY with Shudder, we embraced an ethos of being predictive of audience wants while maintaining integrity of story and filmmaker advocacy.
Our projects have been programmed all over the world from SXSW, Deauville and Tribeca to Fantastic, Fantasia and Sitges, been Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes, acclaimed by the NY Times, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, been nominated for Independent Spirit Awards, and sold at the studio level to partners like Amblin, CBS Studios, Bassett/Vance, Peacock and more.
We pride ourselves on spotting blind spots in the filmmaking world and are uniquely situated as end-to-end producers to deliver high-end films and pride ourselves on that fact.
We seek to discover and develop talent and bring them into the system while protecting their goals and mandates because we are no different. Through our representation at Spectrevision and UTA, we leverage our own support system to benefit filmmakers who ultimately become not only our collaborators but our friends.
It’s about the work and finding creative, crafty, and strategic ways to tell undeniable stories.
Our slate will always reflect that ethos.
Witchcraft is our investment in all of the above.
Drop us a line and join us.
NOAH LANG
Noah Lang is a two time Independent Spirit Award nominated producer and partner at Witchcraft Motion Picture Company. Features he’s produced have played festivals including Cannes, Telluride, Sundance, TIFF, Deauville, SXSW, Tribeca, BFI London, and numerous others and been distributed by partners such as Sony Pictures Classics, Netflix, HBOMax, eOne, and Hulu. Accolades for past films include a SXSW Jury Award, Empire State Filmmaker Award, US in Progress Top Prize, Tribeca Audience Award, and the Cannes Coup de Coeur Award. He recently produced the critically acclaimed thriller BLOOD FOR DUST starring Kit Harington, Scoot McNairy and Josh Lucas which premiered at Tribeca followed by Deauville and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. He most recently produced Rod Blackhurst’s DOLLY which will be released in 2025.
Known for his talent in bringing ambitious projects to life, Ross O'Connor has become a sought-after producer in both the film and television industries. After beginning his film career in development, he was an Associate Producer on Amir Bar-Lev’s LONG STRANGE TRIP: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead. The documentary series premiered at Sundance 2017 and was acquired by Amazon Prime, where it holds a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ross also produced MINOR PREMISE, an elevated sci-fi feature that earned widespread acclaim as one of the top genre releases of 2021. His work on Rashaad Green's PREMATURE led to two Indie Spirit Award nominations, including the Cassavetes Award. In 2022, he produced the horror thrillers THE ARBORIST and SWALLOWED. On the television side, he was the lead producer on season 2 of ESPN’s The Boardroom with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman. He’s also Executive Producer and showrunner of NEW ENGLAND CARTEL, a docuseries chronicling UFC stars Calvin Kattar and Rob Font.
Ross concedes Jerry Garcia may not be the greatest guitarist ever but he’s definitely his personal favorite.
ROD BLACKHURST
Rod Blackhurst is an Emmy and Critics Choice nominated director for the Netflix Original AMANDA KNOX (TIFF), HERE ALONE (Tribeca Audience Award), Peacock Original JOHN WAYNE GACY: THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE, and the acclaimed thriller BLOOD FOR DUST (Tribeca / Deauville) starring Kit Harington, Scoot McNairy, and Josh Lucas. His short form work has been viewed 6M+ times and includes WOULD YOU (SXSW), HYSTERIC (Fantasia), MOMMY (Short of the Week), ALONE TIME (Vimeo Staff Pick), and NIGHT SWIM which was recently adapted by director Bryce McGuire for Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, grossing 50M+ and was acclaimed by legendary author Stephen King. He most recently co-wrote and directed the brutal horror film DOLLY which will be released in 2025. He is repped by UTA and SpectreVision Artists.