Welcome Back, Everybody!

Today’s podcast guest is Brett Willis, who wrote and directed the film “When The Clocks Stop” that came to Film Invasion Los Angeles in June 2025 and took home The Poppy for Best In Fest – Featurette! The Poppy is the custom trophy that we created for the 10th Anniversary of FI-LA and Brett was actually the first filmmaker whom I had the privilege to hand a Poppy to.                                                                In other words, Brett reaction to this little trophy our team lured their hearts into is locked in my heart for life.

I should tell you one more thing. You know how we all watch films and think to ourselves, “If I met the person behind this film I bet they’re awesome.”                                                                                                  I had that thought the first time I saw “When The Clocks Stop,” and the second time as well, and when I finally met him Brett was awesome. There you go.                                                                                     Try to meet the people who make great films, because they seem to be great people.

Brett hopped onto the DIF mics and we had a fantastic talk. As I always say, if you enjoy listening half us much as we enjoyed talking, then you’re about to love this marathon podcast.                                       We talked so long that Brett had to rush off for work and then return a week later to record his four questions answers!

Follow Brett on Instagram at @sirbrettt and make sure that you see his incredible film someday!

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