PREMIERES
I Saw the TV Glow
Good One
Dream Team
Ladies
Nell
IN PRODUCTION
Joybubbles
Sour Minnows
FILM LIBRARY
Give Me Pity!
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Strawberry Mansion
Clara’s Ghost
Chowder
Men Don’t Whisper
The Feeling
Moneybag Head
The Starr Sisters
The Follower
Call Your Father
Ching Chong Blues
A Key for the Kid
Whiskey Fist
Tond
Affections
ABOUT
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
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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