Nichols Canyon Road

Director Miranda July submitted the script for ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab twice before the project was finally accepted, in 2003. The same year, she was invited to the Directors Lab, where she developed the following scenes.

A short film.

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

A woman observes another woman on a surveillance camera and describes her actions, with no other interaction between them.

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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"A lovely screening at USC last night. Such articulate questions! The thoroughbred of questions. While waiting for the movie to finish I made a short movie in the lobby. Above is the poster for the movie, as you can see it stars Mary Pickford (I finally work with a movie star!) Not my most refined work, but possibly the quickest."

A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.

A short film.