Zachary Wigon
# Zachary Wigon

Zachary Wigon is an American film critic and film director. His debut feature was The Heart Machine.

## Biography

Wigon, who has lived in New York City his entire life, attended Tisch School of the Arts. He has contributed to Slant Magazine, Filmmaker, and The Village Voice as a film critic. His short film Someone Else's Heart won the Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest and was the basis for his debut feature film, The Heart Machine, a romantic thriller loosely based on his own experiences. It debuted at the 2014 SXSW. Wigon has said that his experience as a filmmaker has informed his film criticism more than the reverse. His followup is the 2023 psychological thriller Sanctuary, which finished shooting in September 2021.

In 2014, L Magazine named him #7 in their "Top 30 Under 30", and Paste named him #8 in their Top Ten Best New Filmmakers of 2014.

## Filmography

* Someone Else's Heart (2012)
* The Heart Machine (2014)
* Sanctuary (2022)
