Project422 Films

It's a Fantastic Life.


As of last night, we officially locked a finished cut of "Thing's Night Out", which means promos are gonna be full steam ahead this week.

For one of the last bits of teaser material, here's the final carousel of stills from the short film before it becomes available to watch (be on the lookout for last-minute surprises 😉).

These past 4-months, from pre-production to post, have been a ridiculous rollercoaster ride-- though not one without its stress-led, sugar-fueled, and story-first scrutiny, kept afloat/patient by passion, producers (!!), espresso, and the most supportive messages one can receive (you know who you are, and I appreciate you very much ♥︎).

What seemed a dream frozen 3-years ago became something I was able to paint on a thawed out canvas with my eyes closed over the course of two seasons.

I've got handfuls of people to thank, with an overflowing amount of gratitude to go around (not limited to the help I was graced with in taking this love letter to Jack Kirby + Ben Grimm off the page and onto your little screen), but hardly enough time to express it all, so I'm hoping the finished product is sufficient in singing their praises.


This one's an ode to classic 2015 - 2018 stop-motions (an active choice to ditch mouth animations/shoot on two's with simplicity in-mind), as well as paying homage to 40s/50s/60s talkies in aesthetic/atmos (think Frank Capra/Sidney Lumet), but fingers-crossed, it also manages to do things within this tight-knit artform that have never been done before.

Maybe after you've seen it, you'll say, "nothing really happened"... or maybe after you've seen it, you can say, "everything really happens."

I haven't been this excited about a personal project in a very long time.


see you for family dinner on December 21st :)

happy birthday, jack kirby 💙


i wanted to write a character that felt like family.

someone who would just drop nuggets of wisdom & perspective whenever they sensed doubt.

that's where curt came in. based on the 828 king. and i'm unbelievably excited for you to meet him.

is 🫧


The more work that goes into this one, the realer it is, and the scarier it is to piece together.

Something about really long, emotional, dialogue-heavy shoots feels more intimidating/daunting than any fisticuffs transaction I've ever filmed.
..and from what I've been told, that's really a huge reason why it's gotta be made.

If we aren't scaling the mountains we have the privilege of bearing witness to in front of us, what are we doing?

It's supposed to be tough. It's supposed to be exhausting. You're meant to give it your all.

Sues is, ironically, this story's calming Storm amidst the storm.

Sometimes, we'll hear tidbits of pure, unfiltered, much-needed wisdom in conversation from somebody else, but immediately after that lengthy back-and-forth, we stubbornly, though humanly, revert back to where we were before we had that chat.

She's a reminder that it's okay not to be okay.

Things are always changing, but for other Things, change doesn't start overnight.