I’m so proud to announce that my short film, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, will be going to Sundance next month.
I can’t wait for you to see it.
I’m even more proud of the people who worked with me to bring this to life.
These actors are the alpha and omega of this film. There is nothing without their heartfelt madness.
@iamdanapowell @kenmarino @kaliracquel @dierdre_friel @nicolemichellehaskins @therealkateflannery @rachaelharris
These are the filmmakers who gave their time and spirit to keeping things funny and weird and sad.
Editor: @christoph.wermke
DP: @mike_maliwanag
Producers: @paulfeig @laura_fischer_11 @kesila @ericafishman
Producer: @amygeist_la
PD: @briteration
CD: @last_looks
HMU: @makeupbyshannonmarie
Casting: @brittaniwardcasting
@powderkegtv
#sundance
Very, very surprised and even more honored to be a part of this. Thank you @cassianelwes, @franklinjleonard and @theblcklst for the belief in my script as well as in me.
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I’ve had the privilege of meeting 11 talented directors recently who are also new friends. They’re now all on my emotional speed dial, which is kind of a shame for them.
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#wwaeplaysthehits #femalefilmmaker #sony #deadline
I am very proud to say that Shining Vale Season Two is premiering today. I’m proud because it’s a great show, and I got to help make episode 205 greater by directing it.
@jeffsastrof created it, and @baconsides wrote 205. I’m lucky to be in their company.
@courteneycoxofficial @the_real_greg_kinnear @mirasorvino @gus_birney @the_dylan_gage and @realmerrindungey all made my job so incredibly easy and thrilling and funny and scary every day.
@narbs_naz and @jasoncbrowndga held it down.
Thank you dudes and dudettes so very much.
Very happy to say that HELP ME UNDERSTAND will be showing tomorrow at Palm Springs International Shortfest as part of their opening night program.
I’m so proud of the film and the people who helped make it.
See you in Palm Springs! Bring water because the comedy is dry as the desert in June. Are there even jokes in this film? It’s anyone’s guess. Only one way to find out.
I’m extremely happy to say that my new screenplay THREE HOURS won the @chifilmfest Pitch competition at Industry Days! @hollihop and I pitched our hearts out, and man, everyone’s project was a film that has to be made. Go read all of the pitches and tell me I’m wrong.
Thanks to Anthony Kaufman, @keslowcamera @girlsgotta @jonah_zeiger @jc_farris_film and the whole CIFF ensemble.
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#film #femalefilmmakers #chicago #ciff #wwaeplaysthehits #chicagoculturalcenter #films #indiefilmmaking #indiefilmhustle
I’m excited to say that this year #sundance is showing its films online.
The window is only a few days long, so if you’d like to see HELP ME UNDERSTAND, now is your chance.
https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/638a1d63d406b21b5bf2df0c
Part of a block with four other excellent short films.
#sundance #shortfilm #femalefilmmakers
Me on the job, the lovely Adam Lisagor at right, and Tarin Anderson killing it on camera. Thank you, Sandwich Video. #femaledirector #femalefilmmakerfriday
Besties doing some feminism.
Guys. I’m gonna vote for a ten gallon trash bag if that’s what emerges from the convention. But seriously. Buddy. Sit down. #bloomberg #lfg #2020 #warren #wwaeplaysthehits
It’s not an exaggeration to say that American Cinematheque has gotten me through some very rough times. The films they show are some of the best I’ve ever seen, and made me the filmmaker I am. Films from the past and from today. From next door and from ten thousand miles away.
To think that the light from my film is shining on the same screen as the light from… well, I won’t think about it. It’s too much.
I’m just very happy to get to see it in a theater that has meant so much to me.
I’m so, so grateful to be traveling East to get a medical-grade infusion of wisdom, insight, and sage advice as I develop this screenplay. Thank you, @hamptonsfilm @hollihop and @recursive_pictures
#themalethilmmakerthursday ・・・
Introducing the 2018 HIFF Screenwriters Lab participants—Esra Saydam, Anu Valia, and Aemilia Scott—for the first time, all women!
#womeninfilm #hamptons #film #screenwriters #lab
Me today. #femalefilmmakerfriday @drewwehde @audreyfrancisaf
Director and camera team, Los Angeles episode! #defymedia #changemakers @megankdonnelly @kelsography @montayoo @missfunk79 @breezelee82
Color theory, brought to you by Dan Flavin. Blue filter makes red pigment seem black. Turns any boring skin into a masterpiece. It’s the antimakeup America really needs right now, trust me. #orthochromatic #colortheory #danflavin #marfa
My sincere apologies to @chinatifoundation for the illicit photo. I promise I began with an unmediated experience.
Black voters saved America.
Black organizers saved America.
A Black woman saved America.
Again.
It happens every time. They think they can break us by waiting until we loose our apartments, lose our cars, lose our footholds. Except middle class actors have been loosing those things for years.
They just poked a nest with 160,000 out of work hornets inside. Let’s see how that plays out for the AMPTP.
I stand in solidarity with the WGA as we step into this generational moment for labor rights. Let’s be a bellwether for other unions in other industries looking to get out from under the boot of corporations motivated by unsustainable greed.
Me and @tarinanderson! And @lonelysandwich and @sandwichvideo! #femalefilmmakerfriday
Two foolish things that stood only briefly.
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Making funnies today. #wwaeplaysthehits