The Golden Years
When I was at a screening party for a short film I acted in, Melanie Addington, the Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival (and my friend!) asked/told me I would be directing the next OXFF Community Film. “The Golden Years” was written by Joe Starzyk and won the Best Short screenplay at the 2019 film festival. It would star Johnny McPhail and Susan McPhail who had both graciously sat down with me a couple of years earlier when I decided I wanted to pursue my acting/directing career again.
I had bit parts in two community films and assisted directed the previous one. Directing was a natural next step!
We shot in June of 2019 and are currently working on the final edit!! The film will premiere at the Oxford Film Festival in March 2020!
About Oxford Film Festival’s Community Film:
In 2011, the Oxford Film Festival became producers with its first ever Community Film project. Designed to showcase local talent and bring the filmmaking experience to a local level, each year's community film is a comedy short written, directed, and edited by local filmmakers, cast with local actors both professional and non-professional, and staffed by local volunteers. Countless members of the community pitched in behind and in front of the camera to make the film a reality. The final product then premieres at the next Oxford Film Festival.