Post Man is inspired by three true stories that I have personal connections to.

The first is the story of my father, Kimball Phillips, a Vietnam Veteran and US Postal Service worker for over thirty years, and the demons of addiction and PTSD that he’s overcome in his life.

The second is the story of the brave mail-delivery persons who delivered mail around the clock at their own risk, when our health, safety, and democracy were in jeopardy in the summer of 2020.

The third story is the death of my aunt Christie Nash, who suddenly died in Feb 2020 of an illness that we didn’t know of yet, but a month later would shut down and isolate the world.

Post Man will incorporate a similar look and tone to Nomadland (Best Picture 2020), similar character journeys to Manchester by the Sea (Best Original Screenplay 2017), and will contain similar themes as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (Best Picture nominee 2018), but the film is completely unique in content, character, and timing.