Writer/Director Tyrrell Shaffner joins her writing partner (and It's All Write cohost) Meryl Branch-McTiernan to discuss the gulfs they crossed to bring Katie's Mom from script to screen. Spoiler, it took a cemetery full of dead characters & deleted scenes... plus a couple of exes for inspiration.

Katie's Mom stars Dina Meyer as a recent divorcee whose holiday with her adult children derails when she falls for her daughter's charming new boyfriend (Aaron Dominguez). Playgirl calls it “raunchy, MILF-y fun.” Watch the official trailer here.

If you like messy female characters, stream Katie's Mom on Tubi, Roku, and Amazon, and then rate it IMDB. Sites like IMDB skew male, giving (on average) lower ratings to movies starring women. Let's flip the script!

Also mentioned in this episode: The Sandbox Collective

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Tyrrell Shaffner is a director and storyteller whose work threads the needle between drama, comedy, and romance—regularly spotlighting characters on the fringes, told from a distinctly female point of view.
She studied directing at USC Film School, where her comedic thesis film Different screened at over 40 festivals. She later earned her MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, where she was awarded the George Burns and Gracie Allen Fellowship in Comedy.
Tyrrell began her career as a staff director/producer for Oscar-winning producer Rob Fried’s SVOD channel Feeln (bought by Hallmark) and director Jon Chu’s Google-funded channel DS2DIO. She has since crafted hundreds of pieces of content for clients including Lionsgate, M ss ng P eces, and Crypt TV.
Her debut feature, Katie’s Mom, stars Dina Meyer and premiered at Dances With Films, where it won the Audience Award for Best Fusion Feature. The film is now available on digital and on demand.
Tyrrell is currently developing her second feature and a comedy series inspired by her real-life experience substitute teaching.

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