[1] Abner's feature directorial work includes A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019) and Road Games (2015), and short films such as Getaway Driver (2017) and Me or the Dog (2011).
In the summer of 2014, he shot the France-UK co-production Road Games [2] (aka Fausse Route), starring Andrew Simpson, Joséphine de La Baume, Frédéric Pierrot and genre legend Barbara Crampton.
Bloody Disgusting called it "a wonderful thriller; a layered character-driven narrative with great writing and equally-great tension – a very pleasant surprise".
[4] On 8 March 2017 (International Women's Day), it was announced by Deadline Hollywood[5] that Abner was set to direct the crime-thriller A Good Woman Is Hard to Find from a script by Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Ronan Blaney, starring Sarah Bolger.
The New York Times said "[Pastoll] layers gangland grift, domestic drama and female fury into a satisfying lasagna of mounting violence".