Daddy’s Night
USA, 18 mins, Digital
With Mommy out for the night, Daddy invites over Natalie. But when his daughter Betsy wakes up afraid of a monster, can Daddy put her back to bed in time to get in bed with Natalie?
Writer/Director: Will Pinke
Producer: Harrison Perkins
Director of Photography: Alice Millar
Editor: Will Pinke
Production Designer: Natalia Luque and Kathy E. Mitrani
Composer: George Hutson Warren
Cast: Michael Delisle, Lena Josephine Marano, Brittany Lee McDonald, Kami Dimitrova
Contact: Will Pinke, wap2114@columbia.edu
Program H
Film Screenings:
May 7th at 5pm ET
May 11th at 9pm ET
About the Writer/Director
Will Pinke is a writer/director from New Jersey. He studied Literature and Film at Princeton University before pursuing an MFA degree in Directing from Columbia University. His last short, a dark rom-com called Family Heirloom, premiered in 2021. He's excited to share his new film Daddy's Night, and to those who've seen it, he humbly requests: No Spoilers!
About the Producer
Harrison Perkins is a Dallas, Texas native with an MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University. While there he produced multiple short films, including Blue Bags Float in Saltwater, Who We Are, Max is Bleeding, and Daddy’s Night, and received the Max Rifkind Barron Launch Fund Award. Currently, Harrison works in the Motion Picture Literary Department at the Gersh Agency.