Son of a Boy Dad The Creators of HBO’s "Neighbors": Harrison Fishman & Dylan Redford | Son of a Boy Dad #383
Mar 12, 2026
Dylan Redford, filmmaker and co-creator who handled on-set sound and anecdotes, and Harrison Fishman, documentary filmmaker and co-creator who produced and filmed the series, join to talk about making HBO’s Neighbors. They discuss the show’s real-time documentary style. They share stories about casting via Craigslist, shooting rhythms, ethical editing choices, and filming tricky situations like nudist communities and heated disputes.
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Real Time Verité Drives The Show's Tension
- Neighbors is filmed as real-time documentary verité to capture disputes unfolding, not as archival retellings.
- Harrison and Dylan follow people mid-conflict for weeks, embedding with subjects to capture raw escalation and small revealing moments.
Paranoid Subjects Can Turn On The Crew
- Johnny, the photographer subject, became paranoid and even threatened the crew, filming them back during their shoot.
- The filmmakers kept these tense moments because Johnny wanted attention and to pressure his neighbor into consequences.
Pilot Was A DIY Craigslist Gamble
- The pilot began as DIY work funded by Brain Dead and shot in 2021; Harrison, Dylan and Sam lived with subjects to make episode three.
- They made a Craigslist casting post and even pretended it was for HBO to get responses.