Filmmaker Statement

As an artist I am always searching for stories that hold me from the moment they begin and then remain with me long after they’ve ended; “The Light Before the Sun” is exactly that kind of story. When one of my most cherished friends in the business, Tamara Podemski asked me to read Rob Baker’s screenplay I knew it would be a special kind of project. That it would also feature Jamie Thomas King, her partner and co-producer, attracted me even more deeply, as Jamie is an actor of extraordinary vulnerability and range. With Jamie, I was confident we’d have a fully dimensional character in Daniel to ground the film and balance the explosiveness of Freddie, the other half of the narrative, played brilliantly by Rick Roberts. Both these actors have vast experience and we found a beautiful short hand on set to shape their performances, which are raucous and profane, tender and utterly true. Their chemistry is irresistible and we know that these characters have known lifetimes together.