Theodore Carl Flood
Theodore Carl Flood is an independent filmmaker, writer & director. Born 1973 in Miami, Ok & raised in Moore, Ok – small town America. In his single-digit younger years he recalls watching Superman and Star Trek films on the monumental size of a screen at the Admiral Twin Drive-in Movie Theater, in Tulsa, Okla., from the back seat of the family car. His first love of movies sparked as a youngster, pedaling away from a fading marquee that read – The Goonies. He shot his first short film, Superhero (2000), on a wind-up 16mm Bolex camera, cutting & splicing each scene together by hand. Superhero tells the story of a young boy who finds inspiration from a cape. This short film won an Honorable Mention at the 2001OKFilm Indie film festival.
In 2004 the disappearing white lines of Interstate 40 led him to Los Angeles and in 2007 he joined IATSE Local 728 – the Studio Electrical Lighting Technicians Union, which opened the doors for him to work on the major studios lots for film & television productions. In 2008 he was inspired by Peter Bogdanovic’s film, The Last Picture Show, sparking his desire to dedicate his life to making movies.
He began to take notice of the influence filmmakers left upon him, filmmakers such as: John Ford, Sergio Leone, Budd Boetticher, Jim Jarmusch & John Cassavetes all left their marks.
Tis’ Wonderful (2008), his silent Super 8MM film toured with the International Children’s Film Festival playing at stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Hawaii. The story is about a young boy who finds himself on an adventure filled with storybook type heroes.
In 2010 he received his BFA in Directing at Columbia College Hollywood. His thesis film, Family Tradition (2010), was shot on 35MM. The film follows an elderly brother & sister as they go to bury the last of their family, it aired on an episode of KCET’s Final Cut series in October, 2011 & screened at the NewFilmmakersLA monthly screenings.
Since 2011, he’s scripted, produced, and directed three short films that represent the beginning, middle & end stages of dementia and the effect it has on the family. His first Western film, The Last Request of Sheriff Johnson (2016), a half hour 35MM Color Western follows a small town sheriff, whose memory is short as of late, as seen through the eyes of his granddaughter.
tHe uNspoken bAdge (2021), a 16MM B&W/Color Western, is a follow up to The Last Request of Sheriff Johnson. It tells the story of death tapping the aged door of a dementia dwindled mind of the Sheriff.
Sheriff Johnson (2023), a 16MM Color Western which continues to explore the world of our aged small town Sheriff, is the middle film of the three Westerns & explores the family at Christmas time & the toll this dementia takes on the family & main caregiver. With these three Western short films, he assembled a feature, Sheriff Walter Johnson, (2024).
The Last Request of Sheriff Johnson, tHe uNspoken bAdge & Sheriff Walter Johnson (2024), have all screened & won numerous awards at the following Film Festivals: The Wild Bunch, Sunnyside Up, Cowpokes, Bare Bones, Covellite & Everything Holiday.
His love of Westerns has found him a home as a Docent at The Autry Museum of The American West. Country Road Pictures, his production company shared alongside his wife, aspires to continually create & produce independent cinema with the long-term goal of shedding light on the history of film to young filmmakers.