Will Thwaites

Will Thwaites is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York whose latest feature as director and producer, Crime & Parody, has its world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on Saturday February 21. He’s worked on projects for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and PBS. Will was a producer on two acclaimed Netflix series: Full Swing and My Next Guest with David Letterman. He started his career at Kartemquin Films (Oscar-nominated producers of Minding the Gap and Hoop Dreams), where he worked on the Emmy Award-winning film, The Homestretch. (Photo by BVO Media.)

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How Failing at Comedy Helped Me Succeed as a Filmmaker

By Will Thwaites | February 19, 2026

How Failing at Comedy Helped Me Succeed as a Filmmaker

Will Thwaites on the curious chain of events that led to his new film Crime & Parody, which premieres at Big Sky this weekend.