TRIBECA’S – Comedy/Horror BRENDA AND BILLY
Press Release
New York, NYC (May, 19 2023). This dark comedy short was written and directed by the award-winning filmmaker Dave Solomon. Brenda and Billy (And The Pothos Plant) was selected from over 8000 submissions by the OSCAR-qualified Tribeca Film Festival.
Logline: After an incident involving a pothos plant, a frying pan and a flower pot leaves their mother for dead, two estranged siblings (a botanist and a magician) come together to figure out what to do with the body.
Dave Solomon is an award-winning NYC-based writer and director working in both theatre and film. As well as his award-winning LGBTQ+ horror short, Photo Op and Cavan. Solomon assisted Oscar-winner Bill Condon on Disney’s Beauty and The Beast and Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen and Laura Linney. He has also worked on twelve Broadway Productions including Curtians, 9 TO 5 and more. He also directed the first national tour of the Broadway musical Tootsie. Solomon is currently developing his feature film, Chesterfield Falls, a Halloween-themed ghost story that utilizes authentic Halloween customs and rituals.
The talented producer team includes the Tony-nominated producer Karen Johnston and Writer, Director and Producer of OSCAR-qualified F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K, Harris Doran. He also produced Kokomo City which won at both Berlin and Sundance. The cinematography is by David N. Stiles with Production Design by Nathaniel Garner.
