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Smudge Films is an independent production company dedicated to  making personal films with unique worldviews.

Founded in 2016 by producer Sarah Winshall, our films have played at Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, AFI Fest, Rotterdam, SFFilm, SIFF, CPH:DOX, Outfest, LAFM, BAM Cinemafest, MoMA, on the Criterion Channel, as Vimeo Staff Picks, and more.


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“Chowder” is a fictional early 80s evening soap opera centered on JoAnn and Bonnie, two wealthy and dazzling best friends, as they navigate the dangerous waters of life as new divorcees in the seedy glamor of Los Angeles, California.


WRITTEN BY Carrie Barrett and Katy Fullan

DIRECTED BY Paul Emerson
PRODUCED BY Sarah Winshall

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 
Carrie Barrett
Katy Fullan
Paul Emerson
Zack Freedman

CO-PRODUCER Emilie Flynn

STUNT DOUBLES
Travis Wong
Brandon Melendy




STARRING
Katy Fullan
Carrie Barrett 
James William O’Halloran
Chad Alligood

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY John Rosario
1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Lauren Bates
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Philip Steiger
COSTUME DESIGNER Karen Mann
EDITOR Paul Emerson
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY Adrien Prevost

MAKEUP
Prell Charusanti
Caitlin Wronski

HAIR
KT Chandler
Roxy Grande




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