The Spider in the Bathtub
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2009
Logline
When a newly divorced mom and her two oddball children find a tarantula in their bathtub, an all-night adventure involving their goofy neighbors and oven mitts proves family conquers all.
Kat Candler
Director/ Co-Screenwriter
Kat Candler is an award winning writer/ director. Her first feature, Cicadas, won the Audience Award at the 2000 Austin Film Festival. Kat's follow up feature,, screened at South by Southwest, Jacksonville Film Festival and Cine World Film Festival. Her films have played on PBS, IFC.com, at suicide prevention and mental health conferences and in theaters across the country. Twice as a participant in the IFP Market's Emerging Narrative Section, her screenplays have also placed as a finalist in other competitions including the Chesterfield Fellowship Competition, Sundance Screenwriter's Lab, and Slamdance Screenplay Competition. Kat won the Grand Prize at the 2005 Rhode Island International Fil Festival Screenplay Competition. Candler currently teaches as a Lecturer in the RTF department at the University of Texas.
Chris Mass
Co-Screenwriter
Chris Mass is a native of Arkansas who started performing in commercials and sketch comedies after moving to Austin, TX. He co-created with Mike Akel the comedy troup, Upstairs at Cong Ly's. Mawss co-wrote, produced, and starred in the feature comedy, Chalk, and recently sold his screenplay, Bobbie Sue, to Warner Brothers.
Scott Colquitt
Producer
Over the years, Scott Colquirr has worked for the Austin Film Society, Austin Studios, as a Coordinator for The National Alliance for Media Arts adn Culture (NAMAC). The Travel Channel and IFC. Most recently, he assisted producer Sarah Green on Terence Malick's latest film The Tree of Life.