How to Be

How to Be
Slamdance Film Festival Poster
Directed byOliver Irving
Written byOliver Irving
Produced byJustin Kelly
StarringRobert Pattinson
Rebecca Pidgeon
Jeremy Hardy
Powell Jones
Michael Irving
CinematographyPaul Swann
Edited byReuben Irving
Music byJoe Hastings
Distributed byIFC Films
Release dates
  • 18 January 2008 (2008-01-18) (Slamdance Film Festival)
  • 29 April 2009 (2009-04-29) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£250,000

How to Be is a 2008 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Oliver Irving. It is about a young man named Art, played by Robert Pattinson, in a quarter-life crisis. It premiered in competition at 2008 Slamdance Film Festival on 18 January 2008. It was selected to open the 2008 Strasbourg International Film Festival, where Pattinson received a Best Actor in a Feature award.