Charlie Polinger

An American writer-director, Charlie Polinger came to attention with his short film The Masque of the Red Death, produced by A24. The Plague is his feature debut. When Joel Edgerton first read the script, he wanted to direct it himself, instead, he came on board as a producer to help get it made, with Polinger at the helm. The film premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2025, and won the Grand Prix at the Deauville American Film Festival the same year.