When Covid shut down production and upended our reality, my friend Lila and I had to put the brakes on the film we were making. So on a BBQ-free Memorial Day weekend in 2020, we decided to bust out the iPhone and dust off the clowning skills we’d learned when we were drama students at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

I believe that creators create, and to me, this little film is the definition of, “just get out there and make something.” It made us smile, and we hoped it would do the same for others.

Story by Lila Dupree and Me
Starring Lila Dupree as Harrie Gnat, a clown developed at LAMDA
Shot, Directed, and Edited by me