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The Best Days of Richard Davis

A successful suburban husband quietly battles depression as his daughter prepares to leave home-forcing him to confront the painful truth that a perfect life does not guarantee happiness.

  • Zack C Frizzell
    Director
  • Phoebe Angaye
    Writer
  • Jodi Frizzell
    Producer
  • Scott Bolger
    Key Cast
    "Richard Davis"
    Killin' Jim Kelly (2025); Mysteries of the Museum (Discovery)
  • Shirley Dalmas
    Key Cast
    "Stacey Davis"
    Christmas Harmony (2018, Lifetime); Eye for an Eye (2019); My Little Pony (Hasbro)
  • Jon Blaze
    Director of Photography
    Nefarious (2023); Croatoan; Cerebrum (2021)
  • Kari Perkins
    Costume Designer
    Boyhood (2015, Academy Award Nominee); Taylor Sheridan's Wind River (2017, Cannes Nominee); Mud (2012, Cannes Nominee); Dazed and Confused (1993)
  • Bradford Cox
    Sound Design
    Where the Wild Things Are (2009); The Ant Bully (2006)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Dallas International Film Festival
    Dallas
    April 30, 2026
    Premiere
Director Biography - Zack C Frizzell

An award-winning writer, director and producer, Frizzell's work has screened at dozens of film festivals across the country and placed highly in competitions. At Event Horizon Films, he works with Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning talent to support the business of screenwriting. He is also a professor of higher education, teaching the craft of film and theatre to the next generation. Prior to his career in entertainment, Frizzell spent a decade as an award-winning marketer for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Frizzell received his MFA for screenwriting from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Calif and a BFA for public relations from Texas State University.

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Director Statement

This film was born from the recognition that some of the most severe emotional suffering exists in places we least expect it. I wanted to explore how depression can live quietly inside love, stability, and success, and how dangerous our assumptions about happiness can be. My hope is that audiences leave the film not with answers, but with a renewed impulse to ask better questions of the people they love