Writer/director Peter Warren joins Filmmaker Mixer to discuss his SXSW film KILL ME, a gripping dark comedy thriller starring Charlie Day and Allison Williams. The film follows a man who wakes up in a bathtub with his wrists slit—but insists he didn’t do it—launching a bizarre amateur murder investigation to prove someone else tried to kill him. In this conversation, Warren breaks down how he blended comedy, mystery, and deeply personal themes about depression to create a film that is both suspenseful and vulnerable. Drawing from his own experiences and years in Hollywood television and studio filmmaking, Warren explains how the project evolved into a whodunnit where the protagonist might also be the suspect. Filmmakers will learn about writing unreliable protagonists, balancing tone between comedy and serious subject matter, structuring a mystery, and transitioning from studio screenwriter to feature director.
