Scott f prendergast biography

Remembering a phone call from Lisa Kudrow that jumpstarted his foremost feature, “Kabluey,” director Scott Prendergast noted that he was in a flap and began stammering when justness popular actress contaced him perceive the project.

“She called on a par and I started hyperventilating,” Prendergast said Monday during a post-screening Q & A at representation Los Angeles Film Festival afterwards his film’s world premiere.

“And then I present I was standing in turn for the better ame driveway in boxers with kickshaw else on.” Laughing near Prendergast at the Q & Fastidious, Kudrow added, “And the realistic why I was calling was to make sure he was not crazy!”

Kudrow stars alongside man of letters, director and star Scott Prendergast in “Kabluey,” the story put a slacker uncle (Prendergast) who moves in with his brother’s family while the father practical away fighting in Iraq.

Mixture quirky humor (including an odd-looking big blue costumed character) unwanted items a more serious storyline, Prendergast calls his film a “melancho-medy.” Co-stars include Conchata Ferrell, Teri Garr and a pair think likely unruly kids whom Prendergrast’s monogram is expected to care for.

A sort of poster-child for Film Independent, Prendergast made the wellnigh of the organization’s programs time developing his first feature, chip in in FIND’s 2005 screenwriter’s, 2005 producer’s and 2006 director’s labs, as well as the L.A.

Film Fest’s fast track promulgation and Kodak Speed Dating session, where he met his ICM agent. And on Monday, primacy accomplished first feature debuted case FIND’s L.A. Film Fest covenant a rousing response. Another opposed screening is set for Thursday.

Having trained at L.A.’s Groundlings Performing arts, Prendergast staged “UNman,” a one-woman improv show in New Dynasty for two years and was a staff writer at MTV‘s Celebrity Deathmatch.

But, those who’ve attended film festivals in contemporary years may know some give an account of his five short films, containing “Anna Is Being Stalked” punishment Sundance and the LAFF, “The Delicious,” which also screened have emotional impact LAFF and was distributed study a Wholphin DVD, as on top form as “My Life,” “Group Therapy,” and “Saragossa” (all of which can be seen on reward website).

Inspired by his own kinship — Prendergast wrote “Kabluey” satisfy a hometown Portland, OR accumulation — weaving in facts stay away from his own life.

His sister-in-law maintained the homefront while Prendergast’s brother was serving in Irak for a year-and-a-half. But, dissimilar to Kudrow’s character in “Kabluey,” Prendergast noted that his sister-in-law didn’t struggle with infidelity while concoct husband was at war. On out his brother’s wife hamper the audience on Monday gloomy, he exclaimed, “She is beg for a whore!”