Director’s Statement:

In April 2024, I owed money to the United States government for my taxes. An almost, kind of, what you would call, struggling independent filmmaker in New York City owed even more money. Great. So, what did I do? I wrote about it... and then spent even more (after paying the IRS, of course) to make a movie about the absurdity of hustling for work in the creative world.

Throughout the making of this short, I kept telling the crew: 'The Actor' is dedicated to us- the hustlers, freelancers, actors, writers, and job-to-job creatives. While I hope 'The Actor' makes you laugh, know that its comedy, situations, and characters come from a very real place.

Since our shoot in August 2024, our cast and crew have remained close as we aim to turn any festival momentum into action on the feature film version of this story. Thus, we’re currently hard at work finding avenues to get this short scene, while aiming to snowball any momentum in our journey to find support and funding for our feature script.