Local Activists Zap Tesla and Musk

This is hilarious…some local filmmakers got together and made this terrific parody ad for “Tesla Regret Syndrome” to aid well intentioned folk who wanted to support electric cars but have now been targeted for abuse for owning a Tesla car due to the company’s CEO Elon Musk and his horrifying antics as part of the Trump Administration.

The group, calling themselves the Troublemakers, is headed by famed local filmmakers Megan Griffiths (director) and Lacey Leavitt Gray (producer) who co-wrote the script for the short film which takes the form of one of those pharmaceutical commericials you see on TV and social media.

It also stars several familiar faces from Seattle area theater including actors Ray Tagavilla, Lowell Deo, Annette Toutonghi and Rebecca M. Davis. Davis is known for hosting many popular burlesque shows in town and Lowell Deo has starred in two locally made ultra indie gay films, Creatures From the Pink Lagoon and R/Evolve in addition to tons of work in local commercials.

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About the Filmmakers

Megan Griffiths
Director, Co-writer
Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She has made eight features (including Lucky Them, Sadie, and the upcoming Year of the Fox) and is an alum of Sundance, Toronto, South by Southwest, and Tribeca, as well as being a member of the director’s branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Griffiths has directed shows for HBO, EPIX, TNT, Hulu, USA, Fox, Netflix, and served as the producing director for Amazon’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Griffiths has received a Stranger Genius Award and Seattle Mayor’s Award for Film, and she serves on the board of Northwest Film Forum.

Lacey Leavitt Gray
Producer, Co-writer
Lacey Leavitt Gray is a Seattle producer whose film and television producing credits include Megan Griffiths’ Year of the Fox, I’ll Show You Mine, Sadie, Lucky Them, and The Off Hours, Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed, Lynn Shelton’s Outside In, Touchy Feely, and Laggies, Todd Rohal’s The Catechism Cataclysm as well as his adult swim projects “Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong” and “M.O.P.Z.” Lacey was also a producer on the adult swim series Three Busy Debras, executive produced by Amy Poehler, and she co-wrote and produced the immersive 360 project Museum of Masters: Claude Monet, created for Vulcan’s Holodome and premiering at TED2019. Lacey is an alum of the Sundance Creative Producing Lab.

Cast
Narrator – Alex Winter
Ethan – Ray Tagavilla
Leo – Lowell Deo
Annie – Annette Toutonghi
Judgy Driver – Kevin Seal
Angry Driver – Nuk Suwanchote
Worried Partner – Kate Bayley
Dog Walker – Rebecca M. Davis
Tow Truck Driver – Tony Doupe

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