"Enough imagination to suggest that Foster Prior is headed for the big time." 4/5 review of The Bystanders, SFX Magazine
 

Gabriel Foster Prior is a director and editor whose work has earned critical acclaim and international festival recognition.

His debut feature, The Bystanders, premiered at the Austin Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Comedy Vanguard Award. The film went on to win the Audience Award at both the London Sci-Fi Film Festival and the Sydney Sci-Fi Film Festival. Gabriel was also nominated for Best New Filmmaker at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival.
 

The film also secured a small UK cinema release, unusual for a low budget production of its scale, and received strong reviews during its run. Total Film awarded it four stars, calling it “an inventive Brit-com with style, charm, and wit.” The Guardian described it as having “a strong strand of UK comedy in the DNA, recalling material like Red Dwarf and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” whilst Bloody Disgusting said it “channeled the energy of young Edgar Wright.” 

It went on to be purchased by distributors in multiple countries around the world, including acquisition by Disney+ for UK and European streaming.
 

A graduate of the University of Edinburgh with a BA in Film & TV, Gabriel began his career editing short films that earned festival accolades, including a nomination for a BAFTA New Talent Award.

He has since edited over twenty feature films, including Lucid, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, The Wall of Mexico, which opened South by Southwest, and three films from the popular Rise of the Footsoldier crime franchise.
 

As a director, Gabriel has also helmed several short films, including A Short Film About Hats (Fest New Directors Festival), Binoculars (Cinecity Brighton Film Festival), and The Drunk, which won Best Director at the Ealing Film Festival and was described by BBC film critic James King as “five minutes of funny.”

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He continues to work as an editor across feature and short film projects while developing original feature, short and television projects for his own directorial slate.