About the Film

A charming road trip comedy from first-time Director Joshua Gross, at turns absurdly funny and bitterly poignant, World’s Best Dad features a breakout performance by Charlie Ochs as the misfit Miles who hasn’t seen his younger brother Matt (played by Matthew Gross, who also wrote the screenplay) since their father passed away. Now, Miles shows up on Matt’s doorstep with a plan for a cross-country adventure culminating in blasting their Dad into space. Once they steal his ashes. And get some rocket fuel. And make it to their launch site in the Nevada desert…

THE MAKING OF…

Production on WORLD’S BEST DAD began way back in 2008 with the purchase of a camera, some gear, and a giant van… which we naturally transformed into an American flag on wheels. With very limited time and money but lots of enthusiasm we packed up our cast & crew of six people and embarked on a cross-country adventure that we hoped would be worth watching.

The shoot saw the WBD crew crash a Civil War re-enactment, siphon gasoline from a fire truck promoting a children’s charity, explore abandoned buildings, survive the horrors of a dry county in Pennsylvania, and witness Charlie Ochs in a heroic attempt to consume a cheeseburger larger than his considerable head.

We had a lot of fun making this movie and hope people have fun watching it.