David J. Green

Thank you @ruemorguemag for showcasing @campswinelake our labor of love, mud, sweat, and tears / @tromateam cult-classic in the making!! It’s an absolute honor! Click the link in my bio to read the full write up by the wonderful Michael Gingold. I want to thank every single person who helped bring this gonzo, heartfelt story to life. It definitely wasn’t easy (far from it) and I’ll never be able to fully express my appreciation and gratitude for you all. And a huge thank you to @officialdebbierochon and @babettebombshell for their endless support and kindness! And now, post-production begins… 🥓❤️🐷❤️🥓

A little bit late, but happy one year anniversary @21cupcake09 Laughing and growing with you has been so wonderful. Thank you for understanding/ encouraging my weirdness. I love you ❤️

Thank you @bdisgusting for the tickets to a free early screening of DOLLY starring @campswinelake cast member @_theyaremax_ in the terrifying, titular role! It was lovely to catch up with @campswinelake SFX wizards/ friends @yellowmothmakeup and @alsolfx (and lovely in a demented way to see their acclaimed work on the big screen at @amctheatres 🤯). I’m definitely biased, but this film’s practical gore effects made me deeply uncomfortable in all the best ways. DOLLY is in theaters Friday March 6th! Go see it! 🪏🪏🪏 PS It’s always a good time catching a movie with horror aficionado/ @campswinelake production designer @noahfbfilm 🥓🐷🥓 @shudder @independentfilmco @tromateam @fabianne.gst @ethansuplee @seannwilliamscott @rodblackhurst

Congratulations to @adams.family.films on screening Mother of Flies at @ifccenter (!!!) as part of its @shudder showcase series!!! It was lovely seeing @zeldadams again and (finally!) meeting @tobyposer and @therealluluadams in person! They have been nothing but kind, supportive, and generous towards me and my work, which has truly meant the world. Catch Mother of Flies on @shudder this Friday and support these wonderful, inspiring people! PS Keep an eye out for @zeldadams in our upcoming @tromateam production Slaughter at @campswinelake but also keep an EAR out for the super special inclusion of a @h6llb6nd6r track too… 🤭 PSS I went to this showing with my buddy/ @campswinelake production designer/ brother (of flies) from another mother (of flies) @noahfbunyan but we forgot to snap a photo. 🐷🤝🪰

My @svafilmnyc thesis short GEN. SEX starring @gilmanjared (Moonrise Kingdom) is now available to watch on @vimeo (link in bio)! 💬📱💬 After screening at @thatkevinsmith ‘s @smodcastle.filmfest , @ironmulefest , and @nyshortfilmfest as well as being listed as a semi-finalist to screen at @flickers.riiff , it felt like it was time to (finally) post this publicly. When I found out that Jared also went to college in New York, a crazy idea popped into my head: What if I offered him the lead role in my thesis film? As a 22 year old film student, I doubted Jared would even see my email, let alone want to get in his underwear and be in my weird little rom-com about online dating, but he ended up reading the script, loving it, and accepting the role. Making the short was an absolute blast that resulted in a meaningful friendship full of movie-watching/ discussions. We’ve gotten to know each other’s families and seen various eccentric double features of our own making, including the Oscar-winning Women Talking and the Razzie-winning Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. It’s crazy to think that I almost didn’t even send that email offering him the role. I told myself it probably would not happen, so why even try. It felt highly improbable, if not impossible, that Jared would want to go from starring in a sweet, symmetrical Wes Anderson picture to a scrappy, super raunchy, but heartfelt short film with jokes about everything from masturbation to cultural appropriation. But, after being encouraged by my mom and thesis advisor Todd, I decided to give it a shot and, somehow, Jared took a chance on me. I’ll always be grateful to him for that. This all taught me a valuable lesson that I come back to every single day. Whether you are casting a movie or doing anything in life, if you do not try, the answer will always be no, but if you put yourself out there and take a chance, you never know what can happen. Hope you all enjoy the film! PS Happy (belated) Birthday, Jared!

Swine of the Dead! 🐷🧟‍♂️ After seeing @runningmanmovie I had the honor of meeting my favorite director working today Mr. @edgarwright From Shaun of the Dead to (the underrated) Last Night in Soho, his irreverent sense of humor and endlessly creative visual style were a huge influence and inspiration when making @campswinelake Although our interaction was brief, he shared three valuable insights with me and a few other fans. 1. Make sure all the money shows up on screen. 2. Make it look more expensive than it is. 3. Whether you’re making a low-budget indie or a big-budget blockbuster, the sun goes up and goes down the same way. Although I felt like Chris Farley in the sketch where he meets Paul McCartney, I mustered up the courage to tell him that I just made my first feature for @tromateam and he was kind and encouraging. Go see @runningmanmovie as soon as you can! NOW! 🏃🏻‍♂️🐖🏃🏻‍♂️

Had a blast at the US premiere of @occupycannesdoc at @brooklynhorrorfest with @unclelloydkaufman and the @tromateam !! Congratulations to @lilyhayeskaufman and the whole family. It was lovely to meet you all. With retrospective screenings of Def by Temptation and Bugged, the @tromateam presence at @brooklynhorrorfest was palpable! Hopefully @campswinelake can continue the trend next October… 🩸🤞🏻🐷🤞🏻🩸

Thank you so, so much to everyone who came out for our work-in-progress test screening of @campswinelake last Friday!!! I was pretty nervous leading up to it, but it really was such a blast seeing it with a packed audience for the first time. Surrounded by a mix of friendly strangers, our dedicated cast/crew, and my closest friends/family, the laughs were constant and the energy in the room was palpable. I can’t wait to unleash this hog-wild, yet heartfelt movie into the world and kickstart our festival run next year. Here’s to many more killer screenings of the next @tromateam cult classic in the making!!! Special thanks to @a.l_miller @felonybologna @fugglenurd and @j_harvs_ for putting on a great event and @dylanmarsgreenberg for moderating our Q and A!! 🥹🥓🙏🐷🙏🥓🥹

Hard to believe that, 1 year ago today, we arrived at that summer camp &, 1 year ago tomorrow, we officially started shooting @campswinelake . These photos are from our 1st day filming at camp. Really feels like much longer ago. It might sound overdramatic for a pig-zombie movie, but there’s a piece of me that never fully left that camp, for better & for worse. After wrapping the film, I questioned everything about myself & had to work very hard to remember who I really was/am. To say I learned a lot would be a huge understatement. It was a bittersweet time. It’s taken me a long time to heal, forgive myself/others, & accept the fact that, despite my many mistakes & all the things I could’ve done better, I did the best I could making my 1st feature film. I was lucky enough to see @mnight Shyamalan speak after a screening of Lady in the Water & he talked about the importance of manifestation/coincidences in his life/work. His dorm was covered with Spielberg posters, produced by Kennedy/Marshall. Their names in the billing block were the last thing he saw before shutting his eyes & the first thing he glimpsed when waking up. Little did he know he would work with them both. Sure, he got incredibly lucky & most of us won’t experience that. But still. I went to this screening to hear him speak/not knowing much about the movie & I was pleasantly surprised to hear that, although I was mixed on it, what Shyamalan considers his most personal film was released in 2006, the same year I saw Barnyard with my mom, which was the first movie I can remember watching in a movie theater. It’s also the year I chose to set Swinelake in as a tribute to that formative moment in my life/filmmaking journey. While shooting Swinelake, 2006 kept popping up. At the camp, “Teens ‘06” happened to be prominently painted on a switch box. When we needed a car for a scene, we used our AD’s. A 2006 Honda Odyssey. The craziest of all was that, unbeknownst to me, Penelope, an obscure @riccigrams film about a girl with a pig snout which terrified me as kid, also came out in ‘06. I don’t know what it all means, but it feels like a sign to keep going, even when things get tough. 🐽0️⃣☠️❤️☠️6️⃣🐽

Visited my uncle. Got some notes. 🐽☢️🐽 @davideogreen @tromateam @campswinelake @toxicavenger @unclelloydkaufman @tromapopm @officialdebbierochon @babettebombshell @katiefreimann @timothywaldronofficial @jennagilmer @lucia.morel14 @zeldadams

Had a fun time watching the new @toxicavenger at @edfilmfest ! About a month or so ago, I realized it would be making its U.K. premiere at the same time I was planning to visit Edinburgh (surprisingly pronounced Edd-inn-burr-uh), so it worked out perfectly!! While some aspects of the movie worked better for me than others, the film ultimately won me over with its big laughs and unexpectedly big heart. The cast is great and so is the Toxie makeup / suit. Would make for a great double feature with the new Naked Gun. Go see it!!! @unclelloydkaufman @tromateam @davideogreen @campswinelake @officialdebbierochon @cineverse.tv @macon_blair @taylour @jacobtremblay @tromanowapp @luisaguerreiro_official 🦠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛢️🐷☢️🐷🛢️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦠

Yesterday, I had the true honor of screening my @svafilmnyc thesis short Gen. Sex starring @gilmanjared at @smodcastle.filmfest hosted by @odblues7 (Ernie O’Donnell) and @thatkevinsmith . Ever since I saw @clerksmovie for the first time in my freshman year of college, I have wanted to visit the iconic @quickstopgroceries . I’ve also been dying to catch a movie at @smodcastlecinemas and see all the View Askew memorabilia for some time now. It was a bit nerve-wracking and I wasn’t fully present for some of it, but getting to attend this festival and meet the guy who started it all, ask him for advice, and tell him about my upcoming @tromateam production @campswinelake is something I will treasure for the rest of my life. Thank you so much @educationforallsouls @21cupcake09 @mcrisntback @lesliematters and @jay_stern_the_great for coming and showing your support. There were many times when I doubted myself throughout the process of making this movie and submitting it to festivals, but, being at SModcastle, I felt like I was supposed to be here today… Technically, it was yesterday and “there” would be more grammatically correct, but fuck it. If you know, you know. 💬💬💬