Deborah at Work was shot in 2024 in New York City and completed March, 2025.

LOGLINE: Deborah, a career executive assistant, is alone picking up after the birthday party she has thrown for her boss with the help of a cleaning robot. As she discloses the troubling details of the party, the robot expertly peels back the layers of Deborah's character provoking a startling revelation.
 
DEVELOPMENT: I began writing this script from a meditation on the road not taken, what if... what if..., and also thinking about my mother who died in 2020 and all the ways she does and does not live in me. I worked on the script for about a year, bringing draft after draft to my writing group, The Yellow Table, as they adeptly helped me realize the story. I then was able to share it with my dear friend and extraordinary producer, Brady Kirchberg, and we got to work making it happen.

​To help bring the year 2041 to life, post-production involved extensive VFX work to showcase the technological overload our near future. From holographic desks and the UI of your robotic assistant, to life on a NYC street, we wanted to deliver a provocative and realistic vision of the not-too-distant tomorrow. 

Writer / Director / Deborah -- Linda Manning
Voice of Sahara - Becca Lish
Executive Producer - Michael Pinney
Producer / 1st AD -- Brady Kirchberg
Producer / Script Supervisor -- Nick Hernandez
Editor -- Jax Broads
Original Music -- Jono Hill
DP -- Christina Dobre
Production Designer -- Diana Penglase

CREW
AC -- Johann Beute
Gaffer -- Peter Garajszki
Key Grip -- Sam Cleary
Key Grip (Alternate) -- Augustin Huffman
Sound -- Artem Kulakov
HMU -- Tiger Moreno
PA -- Alivia Hernandez
PA -- Vicky Le
Location Consultant -- Michael Pinney

POST
Post Sound Mixing and Design - Chris Stangroom
Colorist - Joseph Overbey
VFX - Perry Kroll
Additional Graphics -- Charlotte Pinney
Assistant Editor-Post -- Erich Hehn
Assistant Editor-Prep -- Yarie Vazquez

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