In addition to having edited films such as Amy Seimetz 's '' Sun Do n't Shine '' and Shane Carruth 's '' Upstream Color '' , Lowery co-wrote '' Pit Stop '' with director Yen Tan . At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival , it was announced that Lowery would write and direct the film adaptation of the novel '' The Yellow Birds '' , written by Iraq War veteran Kevin Powers ; it was a 2012 National Book Award finalist . The film was eventually directed by Alexandre Moors and stars Jack Huston , Tye Sheridan , Alden Ehrenreich and Jennifer Aniston
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
David Lowery (director)