I’M ALIVE AND DOING WELL
Much more than a twelve step journey.
ABOUT
In rural Salisbury, Maryland an ambulance from the local rehab center parks next to a windmill in a soybean field and lets out two patients. The ambulance driver checks to make sure Eric and Chris are their names before bidding them farewell. But the two quickly find themselves in quite the predicament as they come to see that there is no one there to pick them up. After unsuccessfully begging with the driver to realize his mistake and not leave them, they then find themselves truly alone. No clothes, no phones, no wallets, and no idea where they are in the world, these two strangers realize that they have no choice but to work together. The adventure begins, and Eric and Chris bicker, fight, and steal in order to get out of their situation, while also learning a lot about each other in the process; and when it eventually seems all hope is lost, the two make a crazy and spontaneous decision to salvage what little is left of their horrible yet beautiful day.
YEAR 2017
RUN TIME 21:40 Min
EMAIL smigielmichael@gmail.com Website: Michael Smigiel on Youtube
CAST & CREW CREDITS
DIRECTED BY Michael D. Smigiel Jr.
SCREENPLAY BY Michael D. Smigiel Jr.
PRODUCED BY Maceo Tendaji
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Michael D. Smigiel Jr.
EDITED BY Michael D. Smigiel Jr.
PRINCIPAL CAST
Nick Daly | Kevin Grant
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
TBD
DIRECTOR BIO
Michael Smigiel’s last short film Tom premiered at the Annapolis film festival, and was then sold to PBS where it aired nationally in September 2017. He is also a recent graduate of the new MFA filmmaking program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has been working freelance as a cinematographer and director since high school. In 2014 Michael began his career in news at WBOC where he worked as a cameraman on the ground and in the helicopter. In 2015 Michael moved to Baltimore and began working freelance at WBAL-TV and is still currently employed there. His first year at MICA he wrote, directed, and shot the short film Tom where he met Nick Daly. Then while working with fellow graduate student Maceo Tendaji making music videos, Michael met Kevin Grant (aka WishGRANTed). Both him and Nick becoming main characters in Michael’s thesis film I’m Alive & Doing Well. On top of all this Michael is also working on a 1920’s period piece, an lgbt pro children’s puppet show, a musical, and many other projects.
FILM AND PRODUCTION STILLS
AWARDS
FULL FILM
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Michael Smigiel’s last short film Tom premiered at the Annapolis film festival, and was then sold to PBS where it aired nationally in September 2017. He is also a recent graduate of the new MFA filmmaking program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has been working freelance as a cinematographer and director since high school. In 2014 Michael began his career in news at WBOC where he worked as a cameraman on the ground and in the helicopter. In 2015 Michael moved to Baltimore and began working freelance at WBAL-TV and is still currently employed there. His first year at MICA he wrote, directed, and shot the short film Tom where he met Nick Daly. Then while working with fellow graduate student Maceo Tendaji making music videos, Michael met Kevin Grant (aka WishGRANTed). Both him and Nick becoming main characters in Michael’s thesis film I’m Alive & Doing Well. On top of all this Michael is also working on a 1920’s period piece, an lgbt pro children’s puppet show, a musical, and many other projects.
(Update provided in May 2017)