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Leigh Withers is a writer-director based in New York and New Jersey. Raised as an Army brat, she is drawn to stories that explore the American experiment, identity, and the tensions between myth and reality. She is currently developing Scenes From an American Parking Lot, a short-film triptych.

After graduating from the Drama program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Withers performed in New York's downtown experimental theater scene, including productions of Richard Foreman’s The Universe at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre and The Picture by Eugène Ionesco at Classic Stage Company, while also working in production on independent films. She continues to develop her screenwriting and filmmaking projects through the support of Sundance Collab and her artistic community at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey.

She founded Films Are Magic (F.A.M.) to create ensemble-driven work developed in collaboration with artists from both her literal and found creative families.

Cast:

Betsy McAdams - Susan Schwirk

Molly McAdams - Leigh Withers

Samantha McAdams - Aqua Withers Carello

Hank McAdams - Honor Withers Carello

Billy the Tour Guide - John McCorry

Crew:

Written and Directed by Leigh Withers

Executive Producers - Leigh Withers, Scott Koster

Director of Photography- Blaga Ditrow

Editor - Andrew Hafitz

Composer - Dimi Ditrow

Art Department & Storyboards - Honor Withers Carello

Costumes - Aqua Withers Carello

Makeup Artist - Becca Low

Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer - Benny Mouthon, CAS

Assistant Directors - Kelly Markus, Rolando Hernandez

Key Production Assistant - Will Marino

Production Assistant/ BTS Photography - Brooke Riley

Assistant Camera - Brandon Lozano

Gaffer - Cherry Alcantara

Co-editor- Aqua Withers Carello

Assistant Editor- Layla Pigott

VFX- Andrew Riss

Audio Post- String & Can, NYC

Additional Composer- Asen Doykin

Bass- August Bish

Saxophone and flute- Ian Weidmann

Percussion- Dimi Ditrow

Acting Coach- Jacqueline Knox

Color Supply- Steve Beganyi

Assistant Colorist- Malo Riou

Finishing Services- Module Post

Special Thanks:

Asher Jelinsky, Sandy Goijburg, Mollie Goldstein, Mel House, Priscilla Khuanghlawn, Dan Truman, Max Koster, John Dorval (for the lederhosen), The Acting Studio at The McCarter Theatre, Sundance Collab, Stibol Music, Princeton Public Library, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of State Parks Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and my mom.

Shot on location at Historic Washington Crossing Park, Washington Crossing, PA.

CONTACT

leigh@filmsaremagic.com