Episode 51: Another Happy Day with Director Nora Fiffer

Nora Fiffer is a writer, director, and actor based in Chicago and New Hampshire. A graduate of NYU Tisch and The School at Steppenwolf, Nora co-founded Firelight Theatre Workshop, which is dedicated to creating immersive, site-specific projects. She is a Jeff Nominated actor and was awarded Best Director by the New Hampshire Theatre Alliance. Nora is currently in post-production on Another Happy Day, is a postpartum depression comedy and her debut feature. Tune in to listen to Daniella and Nora, old classmates, chat about filmmaking and motherhood in this candid conversation. Daniella and Nora will dive into Nora’s life and career (1:09), how she got into writing and directing (14:45), and how the pandemic affected family life (21:56). They’ll also bond over their shared mission to speak candidly about motherhood (31:03) and how this mission influenced Nora’s feature film, Another Happy Day (36:48). Finally, they’ll talk about how other film sets differ in comparison to the production of Another Happy Day (48:10). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices