Introduce Yourself: Jennifer Dubin and Cora Olson, Producers of GOOD DICK. Our company is called Present Pictures.

How did you become interested in filmmaking?

JD: My parents loved the movies so I saw a lot of film from a young age. Growing up in Miami, the world of cinema felt very magical and faraway, but I was blessed with parents who told me I could be anything I wanted to be. I was into photography and at some point got involved in acting in school and eventually these two worlds melded and I decided to pursue filmmaking. I ended up in film school at NYU.

CO: My Dad took me to see a lot of great foreign films as a child, like ‘Tampopo’ and ‘My Life As a Dog’ and I developed a love for movies.

Tell us about your inspiration and vision for the film: Marianna brought the script to us and we were very moved by the story and by her passion for it. It was a beautiful piece that we felt excited by and we felt we could execute on a small budget.

What were some of the biggest challenges in making and completing the film? We were fortunate in that we had assembled a group of fantastic people to collaborate on GOOD DICK. We shot nights for a good part of the production and that had it’s challenges. All in all though, things came together quite organically and we had a comfortable shoot and post process in which Marianna and Chris Kroll, our editor, really got to fine tune.

In the spirit of Jackson, what's your favorite Western?

JD: It’s not really my genre of choice but, it would have to be ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. In truth, I’m more of a ‘Tootsie’ person.

CO: ‘A Fistful of Dollars’