Home Depot – Commercial

Here is a commercial I shot for Home Depot.

I had a lot of fun on this. My friends at Weta Workshop built all the miniatures. The live-action was all shot on a soundstage in Van Nuys, while the miniatures and FX were produced in Wellington, New Zealand.

I casted my friend’s Grandfather Mac to play the lead. I wanted a non-actor. When I met Mac, he was fixing a kitchen sink. He pulled his arm out and it was covered in blood. I would have freaked out, but he just shrugged ‘No big deal’. That was the perfect attitude for this character. Nothing phases him. So that’s how you get cast in Hollywood!

Tags: home depot commercial, short film