Name a better BTS photo than just you and a stationary car. This is it, folks! Why waste film or megabytes with photos of your beloved cast and talented collaborators- no, photos of and with car are more than sufficient to express your gratitude and enthusiasm for everyone’s hard work on a project. Also included this carriage pic but you see how it kind of takes away from purity of car? See car in all its glory tonight on @ghostscbs !*
*This is a very fun show to work on and one of my favorite jobs in all earnestness! Thank you for having me back!
It’s the mark of both parenthood and an extremely tumultuous year that my camera roll has so few photos of just the two of us, but here are they are, along with some solo shots of this stunner, leader of our family, wife and partner, without whom my life would likely be in tatters. Happy Anniversary to us. I know New York is enchanting in the autumn but do come home soon...♥️
Happy 6 years! Excited to continue posting one photo from our wedding for the rest of our lives together. ❤️ In a tough year and a good year, I’m so grateful.
For my stream queens and peacock boyz, the newest ep of #StDenisMedical is up on @peacock ! Got to team up with the esteemed @blacktresscomedy and didn’t become a real director until I worked with Linus the cat and his backup Woody. As per usual, I got very little BTS (no cat pics??) but I can offer up this storyboard. Once again, this cast is impeccable. We all worked hard to impress the cats. ❤️
Thanks to everyone who sent a nice message or cake (there was a lot of cake) on my very surreal birthday. It has been over two weeks of an ever-present panic attack that abates with laughter, a fun new CBD habit, and gratitude for the wholeness of my family and for our community. Like many in this horrific situation, I am grieving what’s been lost, the small moments in our trips to the library, to our beloved preschool, to our farmer’s market, to our Gelson’s - sometimes more than once a day (I’m forgetful). Winnie would ride in the grocery cart shaped like a fire truck, I’d strap Maisie to my chest in the carrier, and we’d pick up dinner saying hi to familiar faces. I feel deeply sad when I reflect on the life that is gone, the items we collected over a lifetime and cherished, and the totality of their destruction. Amidst the absolute lows of this emotional experience, every high point has been because of the unrelenting kindness of our friends, family, and total strangers. Your generosity and outreach has floored me; you have saved us.
Yesterday on my birthday, after a mostly demoralizing search (landlords don’t like cats but do like rent increases?) we signed a lease on a place in Santa Monica to start anew. Ryder will still be close to work and Winnie will be near her relocated preschool. We will piece our possessions back together, get plates and cups, get princess sheets, collect new books. It is a spot of hope and forward momentum I am excited to hook into.
My home held some of the best memories of my life. I am heartbroken.
Thank you to everyone who has given us support and love. It means everything to us in this impossibly difficult and incomprehensible time. The outpouring of support from every corner of our lives is staggering. Your loving kindness is the solid foundation keeping me afloat. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I have maybe 3000 photos and videos that come up when I search 677 Las Lomas. Here are a few that bring me joy and sorrow. The last one shows what is left of where we’ve lived the past three years, where Win learned to walk and Maisie turned one. We are now in San Diego along with our cats, safe and with a powerful support system. Mary and Clay are doing both emotional and logistical legwork I simply don’t have the bandwidth for and providing so much love and kindness it’s unbelievable. My sister is coming tomorrow to be with us here . Both of our families have been so loving and helpful through this all, we are eternally grateful. Harry Gregson-Williams, my boss and mentor, has offered incredible support.
The Gofundme Mary setup has reduced me to tears multiple times as the names of so many of you - family, friends, colleagues, folks from grade school and high school I haven’t talked to in decades, loving and caring folks in my and Heather’s greater work community - have made generous contributions to help us get on our feet again. It is astounding. I can’t begin to say how thankful we are. The silver lining to this loss has been seeing such a vast list of people sending their support, a reminder of those we love and those who love us. Not to mention the amount of friends and strangers who are reaching out everyday to donate clothes for the girls, toys, baby stuff… it’s an incredible feeling, to be so loved and cared for.
The losses across LA are staggering and so many of you have shown such love and grace. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the depth of your love and humanity. When we land on our feet we will be reaching out to people directly.
Love,
Heather, Ryder, Winnie, Maisie, Hank and Otto
One of my favorite BTS moments, blocking the humble pre-choreo beginnings of the Ho-Ho-Hollo lip sync video. Featuring the AD team, the production office, our director-in-the-wings @ninakramerr , and yours truly. Thanks to the outstanding cast and @katmburns for bringing this to life and making magic happen! #stdenismedical @nbc
