‘The Pearl Comb’ director Ali Cook on myth, mermaids, and the Oscar shortlist

The writer-director reflects on his short film’s unlikely rise through the festival circuit, the challenge of creating a ...

‘The Pearl Comb’ Filmmaker Ali Cook On The Desire To Create A “Terrifying” Mermaid Tale

In addition to landing the shortlist, the 21-minute short film has taken home awards for Best Short Film at the Cleveland ...
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Ali Cook on His Directorial Debut ‘The Pearl Comb’: It’s a ‘Drama, Not Just a Horror Tale’

The Little Mermaid” it is not. “The Pearl Comb,” the haunting, occasionally chilling, deftly polemical directorial debut of British actor and writer Ali Cook, is a short film set in an English coastal ...