Missed

A dark comedy about miscarriage, with a puppet. When grief threatens to consume her, June (Anna Camp) finds herself unwillingly guided by a sarcastic puppet with zero filter.

  • Nell Riley
    Writer
  • Gus Riley
    Writer
  • Nell Riley
    Director
  • Roni Geva
    Producer
    ctrl alt delete (Emmy Nominated),
  • Mike McNamara
    Producer
  • Anna Camp
    Key Cast
    "June"
    Pitch Perfect, YOU, Scream, Bride Hard, The Help, The Mindy Project
  • Peggy Etra
    Key Cast
    "Daisy"
    Puppet Up!, Kung Fu Panda, The Barbarian and the Troll
  • Roni Geva
    Key Cast
    "Dr. Shari Henson"
    Monster(s): Menendez Brothers, For All Mankind, Shrinking
  • Brennan Full
    Cinematographer
  • Bradford Coleman
    Editor
    Supermensch, Cooked, Motorcycle Drive By
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    drama, comedy
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 4, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    45,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nell Riley

Nell Riley is a screenwriter and director living in Los Angeles, California. She’s currently a Creative Director at Netflix, having won multiple Clios (the Oscars of marketing) for her work. Before working in entertainment, she created short and long form content at Refinery29 and Bustle. With wit and irreverence, her screenwriting captures the hero journey of the millennial woman, in all its messy, glorious complexity.

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Director Statement

After my miscarriage, doctors and friends (and strangers) loved to enlighten me with stats that were meant to make me feel better. So many women have miscarriages, 1 in 4 in fact! That’s 20% of pregnancies! 23 million every year! 44 pregnancy losses each minute! Beyonce had one! Instead of making you feel less alone, this reductive data sideshow minimizes the pain women are allowed to feel. The note behind the note is always "Get over it."

For me, what helped me most, was the one friend who shared that after her own miscarriage, she wept for weeks. The simple disclosure that another woman had also been in the same level of pain as I was made me feel like it was okay for me to be devastated.

Considering miscarriage is such a pervasive experience, the lack of art addressing it is surprising and sad. In the weeks after my miscarriage, I needed a story like “Missed.” Something that didn't reduce my experience into a statistic. And something that had both moments of absurdity and abject sadness. Something that would make me feel like I didn't have to just get over it.

This is a story that needs to be told. In all different ways. The sad ways, the funny ways, and yes, the weird puppet ways. So that the 1 in 4 of us that goes through the experience know we are not alone.