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  • Roberta Wallach
    Director
    Roberta Wallach made her film debut at sixteen in "The Effect Of Gamma-Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds", directed by Paul Newman. Since then, she has been acting on stage and screens (see IMDB for credit details.) She appeared in the award-winning "Driftwood 2: Lizard Mom" as the Lizard Mom, "Koko Takage". This series came about during the recent pandemic and Roberta directed and reprieved her Lizard Mom role in "Driftwood 3: Baby Alien" ; and is thrilled to have collaborated again with the creative and talented Rebecka Ray, Darren Campo, Daniel Goldfarb and David Hecter (and, with special thanks to Randall Caporale.) Roberta was delighted to a part of this unique and fun-filled project.
  • Darren Campo
    Director
  • Darren Campo
    Writer
    Darren Campo served as SVP Production at several media networks including WarnerMedia, (truTV) and Discovery (Food Network) where he developed and produced hit shows from Impractical Jokers to Chopped. He began he career at CBS and is currently a professor at NYU’s Media and Technology program. Darren Campo is the author of the bestselling "Alex Detail" science fiction series.
  • Rebecka Ray
    Producer
    Rebecka Ray is an actress and filmmaker. Producer of the Short film "Thats What She Told Me", Directed by Kim Cummings and written by Kate Greer, which was selected for numerous festivals, including Long Island International Film Expo, Woods Hole Festival and the Big Apple Film Festival. Film and TV Credits include: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Knick, directed by Stephen Soderbergh, Guilty, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr; and as Tim Blake Nelson's wife in Detachment, starring Adrien Brody, directed by Tony Kaye; featured on Law and Order SVU; multiple episodes of The Onion on IFC. Theatre credits include: Off-Broadway: Ros Openwork in The Roaring Girle by Alice Tuan, directed by Melanie Joseph at the Foundry Theater; Ida in The Identical Same Temptation written and directed by Bob Glaudini at the Theater for the New City; Eating Skeletons by Jen Rudin at the Variations Theatre Festival, directed by Tracy Francis Cameron. SAG AFTRA AEA
  • Darren Campo
    Key Cast
    "Dillon Crow"
    Darren Campo served as SVP Production at several media networks including WarnerMedia, (truTV) and Discovery (Food Network) where he developed and produced hit shows from Impractical Jokers to Chopped. He began he career at CBS and is currently a professor at NYU’s Media and Technology program. Darren Campo is the author of the bestselling "Alex Detail" science fiction series.
  • Daniel Goldfarb
    Key Cast
    "Jumpin' Gene"
    On television, Daniel is currently a writer/producer on season two (and season three) of Amazon’s Emmy and Golden Globe winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a writer/producer on Apple’s upcoming Little Voice, and has pilots in development with Lionsgate and Zadan/Meron productions. Previous TV includes F/X’s Tyrant, DirecTV’s Rogue, CBC’s Four in the Morning, and PBS’s The Electric Company. Daniel is a graduate of The Juilliard School and NYU’s Department of Dramatic Writing at Tisch (BFA, MFA), where he is an Assistant Arts Professor and was Area Head of Playwriting from 2013-2017. He serves on the council of The Dramatist’s Guild.
  • David Hecter
    Key Cast
    "Gideon Crow"
    David Hecter trained at the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in London. Since graduating he has appeared in the British/French movie ‘After Love’ directed by Aleem Khan, the Sky series ‘Riviera’ playing opposite US actress Julia Stiles, and Rupert Graves, the French movie ‘Big Five’ for France 2 TV and will shortly begin filming a new UK series ‘Madam Blanc’. Born in Paris, David was raised on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and since training in London he has been based there.
  • Rebecka Ray
    Key Cast
    "Paula Crow"
    Film and TV Credits include: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Knick, directed by Stephen Soderbergh, Guilty, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr; and as Tim Blake Nelson's wife in Detachment, starring Adrien Brody, directed by Tony Kaye; featured on Law and Order SVU; multiple episodes of The Onion on IFC. Theatre credits include: Off-Broadway: Ros Openwork in The Roaring Girle by Alice Tuan, directed by Melanie Joseph at the Foundry Theater; Ida in The Identical Same Temptation written and directed by Bob Glaudini at the Theater for the New City; Eating Skeletons by Jen Rudin at the Variations Theatre Festival, directed by Tracy Francis Cameron. SAG AFTRA AEA
  • Roberta Wallach
    Key Cast
    "Koko the Lizard Person"
    Roberta Wallach made her film debut at sixteen in "The Effect Of Gamma-Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds", directed by Paul Newman. Since then, she has been acting on stage and screens (see IMDB for credit details.)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    iPhone
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Roberta Wallach, Darren Campo

Roberta Wallach made her film debut at sixteen in "The Effect Of Gamma-Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds", directed by Paul Newman. Since then, she has been acting on stage and screens (see IMDB for credit details.)
She appeared in the award-winning "Driftwood 2: Lizard Mom" as the Lizard Mom, "Koko Takage". This series came about during the recent pandemic and Roberta directed and reprieved her Lizard Mom role in "Driftwood 3: Baby Alien" ; and is thrilled to have collaborated again with the creative and talented Rebecka Ray, Darren Campo, Daniel Goldfarb and David Hecter (and, with special thanks to Randall Caporale.)
Roberta was delighted to a part of this unique and fun-filled project.

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Director Statement

No one ever imagined a global quarantine.

It sounds like the set-up to some bleak futuristic post-apocalyptic zombie series. But that was reality, so, we commenced our Zoom writer’s room and imagined something a lot funnier.

Driftwood is the story of a not-too-distant future where people living in physical separation were somehow closer than ever before, in a quirky story of conspiracy and revenge.
Written and shot remotely to reach an audience craving a very strange and funny distraction from real-life.