Anthony Watkins was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania to Dale and Nancy Watkins. His interest in filmmaking started in middle school, when he started using a digital camera to film small events in his life. During this time he also started watching many films of various genres. He especially enjoyed purchasing films to look at behind-the-scenes content to see director commentaries explaining motivations and techniques for shots as well as discovering how scenes were conceptually and visually accomplished.

After graduating from high school, he attended Messiah College to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media, concentrating in Digital Video and Storytelling. During his time at Messiah, he enrolled in classes including Screenwriting, Film Theory, Film History, and Film Production and worked on several short films while serving a variety of roles, including director, cinematographer, producer, camera operator, grip, gaffer, sound mixing, and editor. His work on Thornbird (2015) earned him the Outstanding Cinematography Award at the Oil Valley Film Festival. As extracurricular work, Anthony wrote film reviews and behind-the-scenes articles for the Messiah College Department of Communication's "Cinemablography" project, which has grown to chart a cinematic map of the new millennium in film.

Since graduating from Messiah College in May 2016, Anthony has worked at Sight and Sound Theatres as a Lighting Technician, while studying and making short films in his free time.

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Anthony Watkins

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Script and Continuity Department