Chasing Sleep is a 2000 psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Walker released to video in 2001.

Ed Saxon, a college professor, wakes up to find his wife has not returned to their Seattle home.

Saxon also has to deal with the college, annoyed that he didn't show up to teach his class, which leads one of his students, Sadie, to also leave a message.

Geoffrey Costas, a psychiatrist who leads a victim support group, visits Saxon, offering him comfort.

After he gets rid of Susie, Sadie expresses her feelings of loneliness and isolation, as well as admiration for Saxon's poetry.

They discuss how traumatic events can lead to inappropriate guilt, and Costas convinces Saxon to allow him to speak to the police, on his behalf.

Ed Saxon is taking medication and his doctor, a police officer early in the film and Det.

The film instead ran on the festival circuit for a year before premiering on video on September 16, 2001, by Lions Gate.

It was later self-distributed in the US, after its video release, and it played in theaters in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and Chicago.