Joey Witten is a Big Stupid Idiot and I Hate Him
A group of college friends, growing up and (hopefully not) growing apart, spend Fall Break navigating old and new friendships, school projects, and a roadtrip to see a wayward friend in Autumnal Maine.
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Erik HamiltonWriter / Director / Producer / Key Cast
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Joey WittenProducer / Key Cast
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Carissa AguilaProducer / Production Designer / Key Cast
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Emily WollenbergProducer / First Assistant Director / Key Cast
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Elise BearProducer / Second Assistant Director / Unit Production Manager
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Comedy, Drama, Roadtrip, Coming of Age
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Runtime:1 hour 40 minutes
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Completion Date:October 31, 2023
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Production Budget:60,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Erik Hamilton was born in Toronto, Ontario. He moved as a child and grew up just outside of Dallas, Texas. Erik has performed and studied all over; from briefly acting in Edinburgh Fringe and in Beijing, to studying Shakespeare in Sidcup, England. Erik is a member of the Academy of Fight Directors Canada and of Oklahoma City University's BFA Acting class of 2020. Erik currently lives in Oklahoma City, working as a PA on sets, and honing his acting and writing skills with the hopes of continued fruitful artistic endeavors.
People yearn for romance; they dream of it, sacrifice for it, idolize it in art. And everything else is tertiary.
I wanted to tell a story which centers friendship. I wanted to celebrate friendship, lament it, yearn with it. So I built an amateur team (most of us friends in real life) to tell a pseudo-fictional story, starring us as ourselves, to do just that.
From the scrappy college dorms, to the vast, claustrophobic open road, we're just a bunch o' idiots.