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I would direct any low budget pro bono spots that I could to build my reel. After several years and a couple of agencies (BBDO and Ogilvy & Mather) I moved to Los Angeles to pursue my dream to be a director. I signed with a couple of small commercial production companies, Elsewhere and Mindfield, which are no defunct. I directed several commercials and music videos over the years. In 2001 Gina and I optioned ìWhat We Did On Our Holidaysî and spent the next several years developing it until its completion this year. 4. What is your relationship to the cast in this film? I have an incredible relationship with my cast. I talk to most of them on a regular basis. It was an amazing experience to work with these actors. Frank Harper was wonderful. Frank was in every scene of the film so there was little rest for him. Everyday he showed up and gave everything he had. It really comes through on screen. He did a Fantastic job. The most amazing thing for me was the incredible amount of trust these seasoned actors put into my direction and me. It is one of the best feelings to have a great working relationship like that. 5. What do you want the audience to take away from the film? I want the audience to be entertained first and foremost. There is so much heavy stuff going on in the world today. I just want people to sit down for 90 minutes and just be entertained. I also left the ending of the film a little ambiguous so that people will think about it, talk about it and come to their own conclusion. I love movies that leave you thinking about them. They make you more involved in the film and I feel that is what I have done with my movie. 6. When did you meet your collaborators?How did those partnerships come about? My writing partner is my wife so that relationship was there long before we wrote this screenplay together. My producer Diane has been a long time friend of mine who I met while she was running a record label for dance music and I was a DJ. I met my cinematographer, George Reasner, in film school at Florida State University. Not only is he my best friend but we also DJ together and direct commercials together under the name, Eskimo Brothers. There is no way I could have made the film that I made under the constraints placed on me without George. My editor, Ethan Wolvek, used to be my commercial producer elsewhere. The people I collaborated with are people that I knew and trusted and that believed in not only me but the project as well. Whatever Entertainment
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