Pass the Salt

Ben inadvertently crosses into Kathryn’s battlezone by asking her to “pass the salt” before actually tasting his meal. An ordinary dinner with daughter Ashley quickly escalates into a minefield of missteps for both parents.

“Pass the Salt” marks my first time directing without authoring a film. Producer Sally Cook brought me the script written by Cammy Brickell and Gary M. Soldati, who also act as the two principal leads. To convince me to direct, they auditioned the entire piece at a conference room on the Dreamworks Animation campus. Immediately I recognized their amazing comedic, improvisational timing and knew my challenge as a director would be to transition their stage performance to screen without screwing it up! All shot in one day, this was a Dreamworks Animation Film Group production in conjuction with Cammie Brickell’s SketchMom Productions.