"Crave" is the feature directing debut of Charlie de Lauzirika, who's been one of the top-tier DVD producers for years now. The film was just awarded the Best Director (Next Wave) prize at Fantastic Fest.
Big fan of his work, never met him personally (in reality, anyway, we'd had some friendly interactions on a long-gone 114832481798201761578 chat outlet maybe ten years ago) but he's always struck me as one of the good ones. Good to see him make it.