Never to Return (Coming Soon)

My latest short film to be released later this year.

After being forcibly removed from his university class, Daniel faces an obstinate investigator threatening to expose him if he does not comply with a little-known, Lavender Scare inquisition. Daniel must choose whether to name names, including betraying his former lover, or face the consequences of being outed in 1950s Florida.

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Credits:

Written & Directed by - Tyler Smith
Produced by - Ian LaQua
Executive Producers - Tyler Smith, Aakash Bakshi

Starring
Daniel Taylor - Matthew Perl
Investigator Strickland - Will Logan
Steven Morris - Jamie Sears

Featuring
Highway Patrolman - Eric Newcombe
Professor - Greg Hewitt

Students
Zachary Jones
Isabel Dondero
Joshua Sewell
Luis Murataj
Lené Hornick
Leland Locke
Richie Rosado
Aidan O'Brien

Director of Photography - Erik Van Lenten
Production Designer - Olivia Wukasch
Edited By - Brian Shephard
Associate Producer - Elpida Chremou
Costume Designer - Ani Ekan
Original Score - Owain Kelly
Script Supervisor - Mairead Geary
Sound Mixer - Derick J Lessard
1st Assistant Camera - Rhys Lynn
2nd Assistant Camera - Alan Daniels
Gaffer - Carlos Rojas
Key Grip - Tom Siedle
Grips - Tyler Cook, Abigail Hickox
Set Decorator - Guenevere Kelley
Studio Manager & Construction Manager - Carlos Rodriguez Carreras
Key Costumer - Elizabeth F. Correa
Art Assistants - Isabel Dondero, Joshua Sewell
Makeup Artists - Hillary Warren, Brad Shier
Catering & Craft Services - Kenzie Mollock
Production Photographer - Austin Steele III
Key Production Assistant - Zachary Jones
Production Assistant - Sky Kalleres
Studio Rental - Twenty First Century Studios
Paintings Courtesy of Raquel Carreras

Colorist - Paul Yacono
Re-Recording Mixer - Thomas Amason
Graphic Designer - Justin Luong

Production Partners
BRAVEMAN Media
Color Production House
Harbor Picture Company

Original Score Recorded by Owain Kelly and Dom Storrs at St Margaret’s Church, Whalley Range, Manchester, UK
Violin I Dewi Tudor-Jones
Violin II Andra Vornicu
Viola Josephine Wells
Cello Ben Cashell

Special Thanks To
Muriel Latshaw Jesse Roberts
The Hessler Family Jason Simpson
Lillie Sullivan Charles Tingley
Rhoda L. Martin Cultural Center Ali Miskule

Partial funding provided by
Film Florida
City of Jacksonville

©MMXXVI Tyler Smith