4.68-Filmmaker Interview with Deborah Lee Smith and Brian Leahy

In today's episode, I interview Deborah Lee Smith and Brian Leahy, producer, star, writer, and director of the short film "Glitterbomb," which follows a woman through a harrowing situation while she tries desperately to keep her composure on a virtual job interview.

Listen to hear about Deborah's real life experience that inspired the film, the incredible achievement of an extremely small crew that worked on the film on a very tight timeline, and the logistics of shooting one of the best one-shots I've seen in a long time.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:

• “Glitterbomb” directed by Brian Leahy
• Butterfly in the Sky directed by Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb
• "5 Stages of Grief" directed by Foster Wilson
• "Made Public" directed by Foster Wilson
• Singin' In The Rain directed by Gene Kelly
• North by Northwest directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Miss Congeniality directed by Donald Petrie
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind directed by Michel Gondry
• Vanilla Sky directed by Cameron Crowe
• Love Liza directed by Todd Louiso
• Ghostbusters directed by Ivan Reitman
• Sideways directed by Alexander Payne
• My Cousin Vinny directed by Jonathan Lynn
• The Big Lebowski directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
• Legally Blonde directed by Robert Luketic
• Wait Until Dark directed by Terence Young
• Friends (series)
• Breaking Bad (series)
• The Matrix directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski
• Solar (podcast)
• Sell Your House directed by Eric Foss and Brandon Pickering

You can read more stories from people who have experienced a miscarriage at glitterbombfilm.com and share your own story. Follow the film on Instagram @glitterbombfilm and find Deborah @deborah_lsmith and Brian @brianpleahy.

Also check out Deborah's podcast More Than You See.