The Fishing Date

Written by: Neil Blakemore

When his grandfather, John, doesn't show up for their usual Sunday fishing date, seven year old George Shelby thinks he's been stood up. When he finds John lying motionless on the couch, with a freshly lit cigarette in his hand, he thinks it is a cruel joke. But as the cigarette catches fire to everything around it, a legacy of broken promises and miscommunication burns swiftly to the surface like the raging fire that consumes John's house, but George must confront that fire before it consumes his relationship with his father.


Bio:

27 year old writer/director, Neil Blakemore, a native of Indiana, is currently in post-production on his 17th short film. Entitled, Sunny California, the film was produced as his thesis for completion of his MFA in film production from Columbia College Chicago. Prior to graduate school, Neil studied Communication and Culture, with a minor in Studio Art, at Indiana University, as well as receiving a certificate in Film Studies from the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England. Currently, Neil is teaching Film Production and Script Analysis at Columbia College, while he works on Sunny California, and decides his next step in life. Aside from film, Neil is an avid cyclist, and tries to ride at least 100 miles a week.

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