The Producers

Co-director – Bowie Alexander

Bowie Alexander is filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York, who primarily focuses on verite
filmmaking. He’s been a Director of Photography on two seasons of HBO's The Vow, a cinematographer on Netflix’s The Great Hack and recently a producer and DP on Defiant, a Ukrainian war documentary where he intimately filmed the Ukrainian Cabinet members navigate the war with Russia. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023. He likes to be dropped into unique situations, gain trust, and make something impactful.

Co-director – Patrick Ginnetty

Patrick Ginnetty has been Director of Photography based out of New York City. He recently
premiered Netflix’s Take Care Of Maya which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He’s
been behind the camera ever since he got a hold of his family's camcorder when he was 10
years old. For over a decade he has created visuals on a variety of media platforms such as
documentaries, narrative films, music videos, and branded content.

Producer – Michael LaPointe

Michael LaPointe is an Emmy Nominated Video Editor, Producer, and Director. He has provided content for Sony, Fox, ABC, Showtime, and many others. Michael has filmed quadruple amputees, snipers, the occasional movie star, and sunsets. Recently, Michael has been a 2021 Emmy Nominee, 2022 IDFA Pitch Forum and 2023 Docs For Sale participant, 2022 DOC NYC Industry Roundtable, 2022 Film Independent & CNN Intensive fellow, and 2023 Sheffield MeetMarket participant. His most recently produced film, Handle With Extreme Care, premiered at the 2023 Sheffield DocFest.

Making The Film

COVID-19 stands out as a defining global event for our generation, a challenge that will linger in our collective consciousness for years. The magnitude of sadness and shock surrounding it makes immediate processing difficult. Comedy, however, emerges as a poignant vehicle for catharsis—a means through which we can begin to navigate and make sense of the complexities and emotions associated with this profound experience. We see this gallows humor approach to life in a lot of dark professions, including cops, EMTs, nurses, and our lead characters, funeral directors.

Their humanity and humor allow us to accept and process what at first seems dark and accept death not as a scary thing to look away from but as a profound spiritual thing while also being a regular normal occurrence processed by regular people.

Bowie Alexander, Director