This is the Screening cut of my Graduate School Thesis film for Ohio University. I ultimately chose not to release it anywhere due to some issues with makeup that I wasn’t happy with. But looking back five years later I think it has some pros along with its cons. Sarah Ulstrup and Niguel Quinn both give some really solid performances and I feel badly now that my own feelings about its shortcomings prevented me from letting them show. Either way, here it is five years later.

A fun little short I co-directed during the start of the lockdown. Yes, there were only three crew members and we all wore masks.

A young man arrives at a dinner expecting a date but finds himself setup with someone new across from his true interest and her boyfriend.

Writer/Dir. Matthew Willets

Starring: Anthony Baldasare, Claire Autran, Tim Ashby, Jaclyn Britz

D.P. Matt Love