Today's film is definitely the R-rated family values film that you've been waiting for.

Howdy?

I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A.

My agenda is simple.

Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling.

And folks, I am quite proud to have as our guest today, writer, director, and star James

Morsini, to talk about his latest film,

I Love My Dad. And yes, this is an R-rated movie that has family values because this is a father

that will do anything for his son and truly cares about him, even though he regrets being

quite flaky. And, you know, there's just great casting and great performances in this film.

And it's very funny.

And James was quite forthcoming about his creative process and what it took to write, direct,

and star in this film.

So I know you'll dig this episode.

I would, of course, like to thank today's sponsor, Screencraft.

And it's kind of wild because the script

for today's podcast of I Love My Dad happened to be the 2020 Screencraft Comedy Competition

winner. That's right. As James was getting his script out into the world, he managed to win

the Screencraft Comedy Script Competition, which was just one

of the many awards that this film would wind up winning, including the Grand Jury Prize and

audience awards at the 2022 South by Southwest Film Festival. It just goes to show that Screencraft

has everything for your writing journey from the craft of writing to the

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