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What does it take to make a feature film in just four days? On this episode of Something Something Podcast, we go behind the scenes of Where Fireflies Dance, the new film written, directed, and produced by Grayson Barry, with its two leads, Billy D. Merritt and Brady McInnes. Billy and Brady take us inside the making of the film—from shooting an entire feature in an incredibly compressed schedule and transforming one property into an entire town, to the pressure of leading a project, working with an actor-turned-director, and finding the trust and chemistry needed to make it all work. But this conversation goes beyond the movie. Billy and Brady open up about the reality of an actor's life including social media pressure, maintaining a life outside the industry, staying grounded between jobs, and turning adversity into resilience. Most importantly, this is a story about people coming together to make something happen. Where Fireflies Dance is now available across multiple platforms, including Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies and more. WATCH WHERE FIREFLIES DANCE Watch the film featuring Billie D. Merritt and Brady McInnes, written and directed by Grayson Berry: Amazon Prime Video: Watch *Where Fireflies Dance* on AmazonApple TV: Watch *Where Fireflies Dance* on Apple TVGoogle Play / Google TV: Rent or Buy *Where Fireflies Dance* on Google PlayRoku: Ways To Watch On RokuJustWatch: See all current streaming options for *Where Fireflies Dance*If you're an actor, filmmaker, creative or simply someone who loves hearing the story behind how a movie gets made, this episode takes you inside Where Fireflies Dance and the actors who brought it to life.

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Patrick Rea is a prolific, award-winning independent filmmaker recognized for his innovative storytelling and creative directing style in horror and suspense. His feature film, "Nailbiter", won Best Director and/or Best Feature Film awards in several film festivals in 2012, "Nailbiter" was released on May 28, 2013 through Lionsgate Home Entertainment on DVD/VOD, Redbox and Digital Downloads. It has since aired on FearNet, the Chiller Network and The Horror Channel in the UK.Rea's stylized short films have screened in over a hundred film festivals around the world. In the summer of 2008, Rea's short film "Woman's Intuition" won a Heartland Emmy Award. In 2009, Rea was co-director on the "Jake Johanssen, I Love You" comedy special, which aired on Showtime throughout 2010. Rea won his second Heartland Emmy Award with the short "Get Off My Porch". He has also been nominated for two Mid-America Emmy Awards.Other directorial efforts include the recent 6 part docu-series on Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital titled "Inside Pediatrics" narrated by Paul Rudd, which received a 2015 Mid-America Emmy Award. His 2010 short film "Do Not Disturb" was featured in the "The Invoking 2" which was released in the Redbox on Oct 6th, 2015 through Image Entertainment.Rea's latest horror feature "Arbor Demon" (formally "Enclosure") executive produced by Warren Ostergard and Marcel Sarmiento, and starring Fiona Dourif and Jake Busey had its World Premiere at FrightFest in the UK and was released on February 3rd, 2017 in North America through Gravitas Ventures and is currently available on platforms such as Redbox On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu.In 2017, Rea co-wrote 7 episodes for Seasons 3 and 4 of CBS's Daytime Emmy Winning show "The Inspectors". He also directed two episodes for Season 3 which both aired in the spring of 2018.Rea's recent feature, the family drama, "Belong to Us" was released on DVD in Walmart nationwide and on Video on Demand, August 6, 2019 from Archstone Distribution. His current horror feature, "I Am Lisa" is in post-production with an expected 2020 release.

Sal was born in Santiago, Chile and moved to New York at age five. He attended Harvard, NYU Law, and UCLA Film. His latest movie is Guns & Moses, an action thriller about a beloved small-town rabbi who becomes an unlikely gunfighter after his community is violently attacked, starring Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Alona Tal, Christopher Lloyd and Dermot Mulroney.      Sal's first film was the Passover comedy and cult hit, When Do We Eat? starring Max Greenfield, Ben Feldman, Shiri Appleby, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Lerner and Jack Klugman in his final role.    Sal directed Saving Lincoln, based on the true story of Abraham Lincoln and his closest friend & bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon. This epic indie features a new visual style called CineCollage, which places the actors within actual Civil War photographs. The film's Gettysburg Address scene has been incorporated into Houghton Mifflin's standard American history textbook, used by students across the country.     Sal wrote all these films with his wife, Nina, and produced them under the banner of his production company, Pictures From The Fringe.    Sal & Nina share Jewish wisdom, humor and history with over a million followers at Accidental Talmudist. He teaches a daily Talmud class to a diverse audience of thousands of people around the world. The project arose from Sal's faith journey to becoming an Orthodox Jew.     His first book, Let My People Laugh: The Greatest Jewish Jokes Of All Time!, published by Skyhorse, is an Amazon bestseller.    Sal's golf game needs work, but he coached the gold medal winning USA Masters golf team at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

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Brooks Leibee is a media composer with a passion for crafting percussive, atmospheric, and emotive soundscapes that deepen the connection between story and imagery, helping projects resonate with audiences across the globe. Brooks is the recipient of several editing and music awards, including Best Editing for the short film "Homebody", Best Music for the original score for "Entrance", and Best Music for the short film "Direct Message". He has assisted in creating behind-the-scenes material for major composers such as Max Aruj (Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning) and Adam Lukas (Frozen Planet II, Minecraft). Brooks has composed and performed music for brands such as Alienware and GamesRadar; audio dramas including the fan series "Tales From a Jurassic World", Orsonic’s "Eternity Fraternity", and "Jingle Cell Block"; as well as various feature-length and short films such as "DeRosa: Life, Love and Art in Transition" and, most recently, the black gothic horror short "HAG". A multidisciplinary artist, Brooks has years of experience in video production, including cinematography, editing, VFX, color grading, and motion graphics. These complementary skills shape his instincts as a storyteller and strengthen his ability to collaborate across departments. His background allows him to bridge music and picture with a unique sensitivity to both craft and narrative.​His curiosity for the visual arts began early, experimenting with photography and stop-motion animation. That passion continued through his undergraduate studies at Coastal Carolina University, where he gained hands-on experience working across multiple production disciplines. These technical foundations continue to inform his creative process today, grounding his work in a lifelong pursuit of storytelling through every medium he can explore

Director Bio for Matthew Owens Matthew Owens is a father, husband, film-maker, andself-proclaimed lover of film. He currently resides in Huntsville, Texas, withhis family. It is here where he works remotely and spends his free timewatching and analyzing films or creating his own projects. His love for filmstarted in high school, when he and his father would go see movies together asa way of spending quality time with one another. These outings quickly becameone of his favorite traditions. The combination of those experiences, and ahigh school A/V class were the launching pad for a life-long passion ofbecoming the man with his name in the end credits. His largest influencesinclude Wes Anderson, Ben Stiller, Taika Waititi, and Peter Jackson. He has adesire to tell the stories that need to be told, hoping that his perspective isone that viewers might find comfort and familiarity in. Film Summary Several millennials discuss the struggle to adjust to lifepost-grad. Navigating adulthood, careers, relationships, and the awkwardnessthat comes with all of those things reveal common threads among youngmillennials trying to find their place. Job fatigue, major life decisions, anddesperation for a driving force to maintain their motivation loom overhead, asthey come to grips with the fact that some of the things they were told aschildren are revealed to be less than true.

Tristan Spohn is an American actor, acting coach, and brand guru based in Texas, best known for his role as Two in season 4 of Stranger Things. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and specializes in playing dark, antagonistic, and intense characters

Paul Locander is a creative storyteller whose dramatic thriller screenplay Power & Way was honored as a two-time Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist and winner of the Script Magazine Award. Now reimagined as a novel, the story marks his literary debut, blending his passion for emotionally charged storytelling with the grit of small-town America. He lives in Maryland, where he balances his creative pursuits in writing, aviation, and film. Buy the book here

Param Gill is the indie filmmaker behind this unexpected hit, and he'd be a perfect guest for IndieWire's Screen Talk right now. As someone who's managed to create a film that both entertains and provokes genuine conversation about power, corruption, and American politics—without major studio backing or compromise—Gill represents exactly the kind of independent voice cutting through in ways Hollywood can't or won't. And with Bad President 2 already in development, this story has legs.

Todd Graves is widely recognized as the world's foremost authority on Moe Norman's Single Plane Golf Swing and the only person officially taught by the legendary ball-striker himself. Known as "Little Moe" for his ability to replicate Norman's technique, Graves enjoyed a unique 10-year mentorship that shaped his life's work. A former collegiate golfer at the University of Oklahoma and assistant coach for their 1989 National Championship team, Graves competed professionally on the Asian and Canadian Tours before co-founding Graves Golf Academy in 2000. The Academy has taught over 5,000 students, and his recent creation—Single Plane 30—has reached 2,000+ students as the first model-based progressive training system in golf. Author of the best-selling "The Single Plane Golf Swing" and "The Intelligent Golf Swing," Graves produced "The Single Plane Solution" video (over one million copies sold) and served as Executive Producer of "The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story." He is currently building the Graves Golf Performance Center, a 72-acre, 6-hole training facility in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Thomas Tulak (Hook, Cheers) is known as Too Small, the youngest lost boy in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) (1991) with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. He followed up this role with 3 appearances in Cheers (1982) with Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer, and an appearance in Mad About You (1992) with Helen Hunt. After which, Thomas took a break from acting to grow up away from the spotlight.He studied digital film and video production at the Art Institute of LA, and founded a production company called Easily Amused Group productions. Thomas is an award-winning director, and accomplished writer, cinematographer, and editor. To date, his directorial credits include 1 feature film, 19 short films, and three web series, one of which has over 300 episodes.In 2020, Thomas appeared as a series regular in seasons 1 and 2 of Real Acting (2019) (2020), with Sarah Williams and Gerard Marzilli.In 2021, at the height of the Covid pandemic, Thomas was married to Amelia Dufault.In 2022, Thomas' feature film directorial debut, Who Dunt Dunt Dunnit? : the movie (2023) premiered at Kevin Smith's inaugural SModcastle Film Festival.

Audrey Lynn-Marie is an American actress born in Atlanta, Georgia. She began performing in local theater at the age of five and expanded into film and television by eight. Since then, she has appeared in several commercials, short films, and television movies, and is best known for her role as Charlotte in Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Audrey continues to train in on-camera acting, improvisation, theater, and dance. She also has a strong background in martial arts—earning her second-degree black belt at age eleven—as well as horseback riding, both of which contribute to her versatility and physicality as a performer. In addition to acting, Audrey is passionate about giving back. She is a volunteer with Angels Among Us Pet Rescue and is the co-host of the podcast Real Kids Reel Talk, where she shares conversations about film, creativity, and the youth perspective in entertainment. Outside of performing, Audrey enjoys reading, crafting, playing Minecraft, and spending time with her family and friends. Dedicated and hardworking, she is committed to growing her career, developing new on-set skills, and bringing characters to life with authenticity and heart.

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