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Eight Lessons In Living Together

Roger and Tatum have just moved in together and they have some lessons to learn about living together. And while some of these lessons are harder than others, there is a crazy human nature comedy underlying these lessons.

  • Jim McQuaid
    Director
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2154854/
  • Jim McQuaid
    Writer
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2154854/
  • Darrell Parker
    Writer
  • Kendall Rileigh
    Key Cast
    "TATUM"
  • Darrell Parker
    Key Cast
    "ROGER"
  • Barbette Hunter
    Key Cast
    "MANAGER"
  • Lormarev Jones
    Key Cast
    "CASHIER"
  • Kathy Rainey
    Key Cast
    "AUNTIE"
  • Naomi Eckhaus
    Key Cast
    "WEDDING PLANNER"
  • Heather Fisher
    Key Cast
    "BEST FRIEND"
  • Evan Sullivan
    Key Cast
    "MISCHIEF MAKER"
  • Reid Dalton
    Key Cast
    "MINISTER"
  • Nic Beery
    Crew
  • Piper Kessler
    Crew
  • Roger Edwards
    Crew
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Romance, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    55 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2010
  • Production Budget:
    1,286 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
    Vancover, WA
    United States
    June 1, 2012
    Best Narrative Feature
  • Ava Gardner Film Festival
    Smithfield, NC
    United States
    August 1, 2012
    Best Screenplay
Distribution Information
  • TURNIP LLC
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Jim McQuaid

Jim McQuaid is a filmmaker and writer living in Durham, NC.

Creating short films since 1999, all of his films deal with how love survives the conflicts we create. How a parent's love survives a child growing up, how the memory of love can support or plague us.

McQuaid made films in high school, taught design and photography in college art departments, worked in high technology marketing and finally came back to film when miniDV appeared.

In addition to writing and directing, he has DPed films of all kinds for other filmmakers, from simple personal stories to One Last Sunset Redux, a feature-length zombie movie. He has also worked as AD on a variety of longer projects. McQuaid produces performance, training and interview videos for commercial clients to support his filmmaking habit.

An active member of the filmmaking community in the Raleigh-Durham region of North Carolina, he co-moderates a screenwriting group, and is always ready to help on set, read a script or do lunch.

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Director Statement

"Eight Lessons In Living Together" was a great collaboration between my self and Actor-Writer Darrell Parker, who originally created the characters of "Roger" and "Tatum." The film was produced under the SAG Ultra Low Budget contract to accommodate actress Kendall Rileigh, a North Carolina native who had moved to New York and -- though primarly a theater actor -- had become a member of all the unions.