As I mentioned a little while ago. PBW had the honour of interviewing Moth-director and Penn’s friend, Mr. Hilton Carter (be sure to check out his site – Fresh Kill). Below is the interview, a massive thank you to Hilton for being so awesome and answering all the questions in such detail! We hope you all enjoy the interview!

- How/When did the project come about?

Well the idea of Penn and I working on a project together has been on the table since 2004. About 8 months ago I approached him with a script that was much more involved than Moth, and during that time I was raising money to film it. Penn was excited about the project but given his schedule, he couldn’t fully involve himself like he wanted. As time passed and the funds needed to make the project seemed bleak, I began writing other shorts that I could produce with not much money. Moth happened to be one of these scripts.

It wasn’t until Penn’s mother and I met up to talk about future projects that the idea of shooting Moth became a reality. Penn read the script and agreed and a month later we were in production. I’m not sure how much influence Penn’s mother had on him to produce Moth, but I do know she was a huge reason why it came into fruition.

- When was the movie shot?

We shot Moth the first week of October 2009

- What is the runtime for the film?

The film has a runtime of 20 minutes.

- Will the film be released (on DVD) any time soon?

The film won’t be released on DVD anytime soon.

- How long have you and Penn known eachother? Were you friends prior to working on this together?

Penn and I have known each other since 2002 when I came out to LA to visit my best friend, Evan (co-founder of Cartera Pictures/ Fresh Kill), who is Penn’s cousin, and who had just moved out to LA months previous. Penn was starring on the show Do Over at the time. Shortly after that visit, I moved out to LA for graduate school. Evan’s mother( Penn’s aunt) was renting out a room in her apartment and I lived there while in school. Penn lived four doors down in the same complex, so we shared many meals and discussions on filmmaking over the dinner table.

- This is your first time working on a project with Penn. Do you think you’ll work on any future projects together again?

This was my first time working with Penn but it definitely won’t be my last. Penn, Evan and I are already talking about
what’s next. I wouldn’t be surprised if its a rap album;)