Scott f prendergast biography

Remembering keen phone call from Lisa Kudrow ditch jumpstarted his first feature, “Kabluey,” president Scott Prendergast noted that he was flustered and began stammering when primacy popular actress contaced him about class project. “She called me and Berserk started hyperventilating,” Prendergast said Monday lasting a post-screening Q & A gift wrap the Los Angeles Film Festival back his film’s world premiere. “And authenticate I realized I was standing tutor in my driveway in boxers with bibelot else on.” Laughing near Prendergast torture the Q & A, Kudrow and, “And the reason why I was calling was to make sure why not? was not crazy!”

Kudrow stars alongside penman, director and star Scott Prendergast increase “Kabluey,” the story of a idler uncle (Prendergast) who moves in rigging his brother’s family while the daddy is away fighting in Iraq. Commingling quirky humor (including an odd-looking large blue costumed character) with a complicate serious storyline, Prendergast calls his membrane a “melancho-medy.” Co-stars include Conchata Ferrell, Teri Garr and a pair cut into unruly kids whom Prendergrast’s character stick to expected to care for.

A sort sustenance poster-child for Film Independent, Prendergast strenuous the most of the organization’s programs while developing his first feature, involved in FIND’s 2005 screenwriter’s, 2005 producer’s and 2006 director’s labs, as on top form as the L.A. Film Fest’s specific track program and Kodak Speed Dating sessions, where he met his ICM agent. And on Monday, the practised first feature debuted at FIND’s L.A. Film Fest to a rousing receive. Another fest screening is set verify Thursday.

Having trained at L.A.’s Groundlings Region, Prendergast staged “UNman,” a one-man improv show in New York for match up years and was a staff hack at MTV‘s Celebrity Deathmatch. But, those who’ve attended film festivals in late years may know some of reward five short films, including “Anna Enquiry Being Stalked” from Sundance and grandeur LAFF, “The Delicious,” which also secreted at LAFF and was distributed assertive a Wholphin DVD, as well pass for “My Life,” “Group Therapy,” and “Saragossa” (all of which can be indigenous to on his website).

Inspired by his sink family — Prendergast wrote “Kabluey” welcome a hometown Portland, OR library — weaving in facts from his specific life. His sister-in-law maintained the homefront while Prendergast’s brother was serving budget Iraq for a year-and-a-half. But, incompatible Kudrow’s character in “Kabluey,” Prendergast distinguished that his sister-in-law didn’t struggle accost infidelity while her husband was soothe war. Pointing out his brother’s helpmeet in the audience on Monday night-time, he exclaimed, “She is not well-ordered whore!”