Trent Haaga (born 1971) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for his work on independenthorror films, such as Deadgirl (2008), Cheap Thrills (2013), and 68 Kill (2017).
He has worked in many aspects of filmmaking (writing, producing, acting) and enjoys them all.
"As a writer or actor you're important to the project, but not indispensable. If you're producing there are fewer battles to fight creatively. But, honestly, I like to make films and am happy to do anything on a film set. I'm happy and flattered that people want me to be in their movies or have shot scripts that I've written."[4]
"Let's make as many as we can right now! History will determine which ones live on, but I can't get enough low budget horror films no matter what."[1]
Haaga has praised the speed of digital filmmaking.
"We shot Killjoy 2, Hell Asylum, and Dead and Rotting in 8 days (each, not all three in 8 days!). The Ghouls shot in 12 days. Suburban Nightmare in 9."[1]
Haaga directorial debut Chop, which stars Will Keenan, Tanishaa Mukherji and Billy Bakshi,[5] was released in 2011. He wrote the script for the independent thriller alongside Adam Minarovich.[6] The movie is a revenge thriller within the tradition of Fargo and Oldboy.[7] Haaga narrated the Indie thriller flick Fetch.[8]
Haaga has also written for video games; he worked on the DLC for the survival horror game The Evil Within and was the lead writer on the game's sequel. The story for The Evil Within 2 was created by the Japanese developers and Haaga was tasked with fleshing out the characters in the game.[9]
