Making the $3 Movie with The Duplass Brothers

Mark Duplass is an award-winning actor, filmmaker and producer. As an actor, Mark has appeared in a wide range of film and television projects including the Apple+ series THE MORNING SHOW for which he received 2020 and 2024 Emmy nominations and a 2022 Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Mark was also one of the stars of the acclaimed HBO show TOGETHERNESS, a series he co-created with his brother Jay. Mark’s many on-screen feature film credits include: THE PUFFY CHAIR, which he also co-wrote and co-directed, the indie-sensation HUMPDAY, the Gotham award-winning YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, the Oscar-winning ZERO DARK THIRTY, the contemporary classic sci-fi films THE ONE I LOVE and SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, BOMBSHELL opposite Charlize Theron, PADDLETON with Ray Romano, the CREEP horror franchise, and BIOSPHERE opposite Sterling K. Brown.

Under their banner Duplass Brothers Productions (DBP), Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass and Mel Eslyn create original projects for film, television, and digital media. DBP is under a first-look deal with HBO which has yielded the hit series ROOM 104, TOGETHERNESS, SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, and the HBO animated series ANIMALS. Some of their recent film productions include the award-winning romantic comedy 7 DAYS, Natalie Morale's directorial debut LANGUAGE LESSONS (in which Mark also starred) and Sean Baker’s landmark film TANGERINE. DBP is also active in the documentary feature and docuseries space, best known for producing Netflix’s WILD WILD COUNTRY, winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in 2018. Recent credits include HBO's Independent-Spirit nominated THE LADY AND THE DALE, Hulu's SASQUATCH, plus the features TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF, JASON ISBELL: RUNNING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED and NOT GOING QUIETLY about activist Ady Barkan.

Jay Duplass began acting in 2012, when Jill Soloway cast him as series regular Josh Pfefferman in her Amazon TV series TRANSPARENT. The show has won a Golden Globe for best comedy series and multiple Emmys, and Jay was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award in 2016 for best supporting actor. Jay also appears regularly in Hulu’s THE MINDY PROJECT, TBS’ SEARCH PARTY and in features including OUTSIDE IN (opposite Edie Falco), LANDLINE, and BEATRIZ AT DINNER. He will be seen later this year in the feature flm PINK WALL, the directorial debut of Tom Cullen, which also stars Tatiana Maslany. Jay will also star in the TRANSPARENT series finale expected to premiere in the fall.

Jay Duplass was first recognized in the early 2000’s for writing, directing and producing several award winning independent and studio films with his brother Mark, such as THE PUFFY CHAIR, CYRUS, and JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME. In 2014, Jay and Mark created the critically acclaimed television series TOGETHERNESS, eventually inking a television deal with HBO where they’ve since produced the series ANIMALS and ROOM 104. The brothers also have an ongoing a multi-film deal with Netflix for the production of their independent films, most recently producing the Emmy award-winning docuseries WILD WILD COUNTRY. 

Jay and his brother Mark recently completed a memoir about their history and collaboration entitled "Like Brothers," released in the Summer of 2018 by Ballantine-Random House.

Rebecca Katz is a producer based in Los Angeles working at Votiv, a development finance and production company whose credits include Free In Deed, As You Are, Obvious Child, and Lulu's Wang's upcoming film, Children of the New World. For nearly six years, Rebecca worked at Sundance Institute in both the Programming Department and Feature Film Program (FFP). During her time in FFP, she focused on cultivating new generations of independent storytellers through Labs, educational programs, granting, and networking events. Prior to joining Sundance, Rebecca worked for Shine Global Inc., a non-profit documentary film production company dedicated to ending the exploitation and abuse of children worldwide. At Shine, she served as Associate Producer on the short documentary, "War Dance Returns," and the feature documentary, The Harvest/La Cosecha. She holds her BA from Tufts University and MFA from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program.