Past Featuresd Films

The Wing Nut and You
(NARRATIVE, 10 minutes)

Little Billy learns all about the amazing history of the wing nut and its glorious contributions to western civilization.

Filmmaker Profile: Matthew Long, David Brigham, & David Wilmington

David Brigham is the director of The Wing Nut and You.David Brigham is a Durham native and now lives in Swansboro, NC. He attended the film program at Piedmont Community College in Yanceyville, taking part in the Film and Video, Digital Effects, Animation Technology programs. He won an editing award  his  short, Stream of Consciousness. Brigham has worked on numerous short films, designed film trailers, and storyboarded commercials.

Matthew Long is the producer of The Wing Nut and You. He hails from California, but followed his Duke-bound wife to Durham, NC in the late '90s and now considers Durham home. Long studied film at the College of Marin in California and the Center for Documentary Studies in Durham, NC. During his career in film, Long has made 3 short films in California, 1 short film in Durham and is currently working on another short film in the Bull City.

David Wilmington is the writer of The Wing Nut and You. Wilmingtonhails from Texas, but moved to Durham, NC to attend Duke University's Divinity School. He lives in Durham.

Local Angles

• Director David Brigham is a Durham native and now lives in Swansboro, NC. He attended the Film program at Piedmont Community College in Yanceyville.
• Writer David Wilmington hails from Texas, but moved to Durham in the late '90s to attend Duke University's Divinity School and lives in Durham.
• Producer Matthew Long hails from California, but followed his Duke-bound wife to Durham in the late '90s and now considers Durham home.
• Every frame of our film was shot in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Bushy Fork, NC:
  • The "Little Billy" scenes were shot in Trinity Heights (right off Duke University's East campus).
  • The "Wing Nut" test scenes were shot in downtown Durham near the Liggett Meyers Tobacco Factory on Main Street.
  • The "Lab" scenes were shot on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
  • The "Spy, War, & Depression era" scenes were shot in Bushy Fork (near Roxboro).
• "Little Billy" is a student at Triangle Day School in Durham, where writer David Wilmington teaches Language Arts and music composition.
• "Downtrodden Man" has lived in Durham, Roxboro and Bushy Fork for 30+ years.
• "Scientists in Lab" are all real chemistry students at UNC-Chapel Hill.
• All actors and crew live within the greater Durham area.