A Wall Away

Veteran filmmaker, Phil Gorn, and Kirk Zeller teamed up to produce The Picture of Daria Gray and were preparing for the final auditions when COVID-19 hit...

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Quarantine inspired Phil to come up with the seed for what grew into A Wall Away, the concept of a couple falling in love by talking through a shared wall during the pandemic. Phil and Kirk expanded on that by writing a romantic comedy about how the pandemic brought an LA apartment community together and led to some new loves.​​

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Directing Remotely and Filmmaking During the Pandemic: The Making of A Wall Away (formerly #MyCorona)

When Phil and Kirk were working to plan for the safest and most effective way to film A Wall Away they came up with the idea of directing it remotely and filming on a closed set at the Silicon Prairie Center Studios in rural Nebraska. They filmed behind-the-scenes of A Wall Away to be able to share with other filmmakers how they directed remotely and filmed safely during the pandemic.