An award -winning director and producer, Craig Saavedra is co-founder of Starry Night Entertainment (with actor Michael Shulman), a New York and Los Angeles based film, theatre and television production company. Saavedra has directed the feature films "SHerman's Way" (James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman and Donna Murphy) and "Rhapsody In Bloom" (Penelope Ann Miller and Ron Silver). Starry Night's theatrical ventures have included the recent Broadway revival of John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves" (Ben Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Craig Wright's "Mistakes Were Made" (Michael Shannon) at Off- Broadway 's Barrow Street Theatre (Time Magazine's Top Ten Plays of the Year). Saavedra also produced the New York premiere of J.T. Rogers's "White People" at the Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2 Theater. Prior to Starry Night, Saavedra served as President of Becker Entertainment, Australia's leading independent film and television production, distribution and exhibition company, with offices in Los Angeles and Sydney. During his tenure, Saavedra produced and/or supervised the production/development of numerous film and television projects including "Only You" (starring Academy Award winner Helen Hunt), "Gross Misconduct" (Jimmy Smits and Naomi Watts), "December Boys" (Daniel Radcliffe) "The Real MacCaw" (Jason Robards), "At First Sight" (Jonathan Silverman), "Closer and Closer" (Kim Delaney) and the hit TV series "The Man From Snowy River." Saavedra lives in Los Angeles and New York.
One of seven children. Siblings include eldest brother Scott Saavedra, a comic book artist and creator of cartoon "Dr. Radium," and younger brother Neil Saavedra, Los Angeles radio/TV personality and host of the popular "Jesus Christ Show."
An odd couple take to the open road. Having followed his girlfriend out to California's Wine Country for the summer, Yale law student Sherman finds himself dumped, and cut off from his high-society mother's money. A stranger stranded in a strange land, he hitches a ride with Palmer, a washed-up, unapologetically eccentric Olympic athlete. There are detours along the way, including the possibility of an enlightening girlfriend, an encounter with a gun-wielding gourmet chef and a chance for the former athlete to be on top again. A comedy about absent fathers and damaged sons striving to find balance between responsibility and recklessness.
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