Former Scrubs actor Zach Braff recently released his second attempt in the director’s chair, the comedy/drama Wish I was Here.

Zach’s directorial debut was witnessed in the indie flick Garden State and earned strong reviews from movie critics, including Rolling Stones’ Peter Travers who said “It's a hilarious and heartfelt ode to twenty-something angst. Braff has himself a winner.”

Though Garden State was a commercial and critical success, Braff failed to find adequate studio support for a follow-up release and so he took the avant-garde approach to movie financing- Kickstarter.

Zach spoke to Philip Molloy on The Picture Show last week and explained why traditional studio financing was not an option for his second release.

The use of crowd-funding to garner finances to make a movie can be risky and often can be accompanied by high expectation from investors. Zach had the added pressure of being a well known and so far successful director. He told The Picture Show that distribution was the biggest challenge he faced;

Zach Braff was interviewed by Philip Molloy on The Picture Show on Saturday 27th September. You can listen back to the full interview here:

Wish I Was Here is a rights-of-passage comedy which is different mainly because it involves a 40-year-old man rather than the standard teenager. Writer, director and star Zach Braff plays an unemployed actor in Los Angeles who decides to home-school his children when his dying father, played by Mandy Patinkin, runs out of money and can’t support their private school fees.

The movie, which is built around a series of character digressions, charts the requirements this new role expects of Zach's character Aidan and how he responds to it.

Trailer Cert: 15A