DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:For most TV writers, no matter how well they’re doing, making a movie is still a goal. While working in TV for 20 years, I wrote several screenplays in my spare time, and sent them around via agents and manager to various studios. I optioned one. Did a rewrite on another. Had sporadic interest here and there, but nothing more. About 10 years ago, I wrote a script I liked and decided to go the independent route, putting together a cast and director and going in search of financing. And after a decade of having actors, producers, directors attached at different times, it eventually fizzled out. So when I found myself with another script I liked, I decided to bypass even that system entirely and self-finance the film as a way of expediting the process and getting actors aboard and leaving development executives completely out of the mix.In Hollywood, money buys creative freedom. If you can pay for it yourself, you can make it the way you want. And that’s what we did. In tandem with the casting director and producer, we simply set up shop, cast the film, and through a network of contacts established over years of working in TV, put together a talented group including set designers, art directors, wardrobe people, lighting, DP, and, made this movie exactly as we wanted.