Pretty Is
USA, 13m, RED
After being turned down by a boy her age, sixteen-year-old Honey, the daughter of a religious family in a small Southern town, seeks to seduce Leander, an older man who’s recently been saved at her church.
Director: Alan Scott Neal
Writer: Lindsey Johnson
Producer(s): Anna-Nora Bernstein, Taylor Kowalksi
Director of Photography: Michael Ormiston
Editor: Chase Horton
Cast: Kristine Forseth, Raoul Trujillo, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Jon Stafford, Taylor Kowalski, Monica Wyche
Contact: Alan Neal, alanscottneal@gmail.com
About the Director
Alan Scott Neal is a filmmaker from Spotsylvania, Virginia and currently lives in New York City. He has written and directed various music videos and online content. His last short We Can't Help You starring The Walking Dead's Austin Nichols and Homeland's Taylor Kowalski, has played at festivals around the world and is currently featured on the curated website NoBudge. He currently works as a casting associate with casting director Avy Kaufman.
About the Writer
Lindsey Johnson is a Brooklyn-based writer whose short stories have been featured in Fugue and recognized by Glimmer Train. She was born and raised among the tall pines and tobacco of Lumberton, NC and has continued to pay homage to its landscape through her work. She holds an MFA in Fiction from George Mason University and is currently a magazine editor. Pretty Is is her first film.
About the Producer
Anna-Nora Bernstein's career in film began on a theater stage. While acting professionally in New York, an internship at Focus Features convinced her to pursue film instead of theater. She produced her first short film, Erotomania, by Greg Levins as well as An Experiment in Tone, written by Matt Prager (South Park) and directed by David Eisenberg (Risky Listings, Saving Alaska). Bernstein received her BA from NYU.
