Lena Dunham
for Hillary for America
James Kicklighter was responsible for directing, shooting, producing, and editing all content targeted towards Virginia, featuring private citizens, public figures, politicians, explaining policies targeting the state for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign. Hillary for America carried the state of Virginia in both the popular and electorial vote in the 2016 election.
- Invitation
Hillary for America hired me as the Virginia Digital Filmmaker — embedded with the state team, with creative coordination back to the Brooklyn HQ video unit. The campaign needed a steady output of surrogate content from trusted, recognizable voices.
- Brief
A digital-first piece featuring Lena Dunham, designed to live across HFA's owned channels and approved through the standard Brooklyn vetting process.
- Approach
I produced and directed the piece as part of the broader HFA surrogate-content effort. Lena was generous with her time and clear about what she wanted to say — the work, as is typical with high-profile principals, was about getting out of the way and letting her make the case in her own voice. The final cut went through Brooklyn approval and shipped with the standard "Paid for by Hillary for America" mark per FEC requirements.
- Interview Questions Lena Dunham
This is the interview question list and voter outreach script I prepared for Lena Dunham's segment in the digital content I directed for the Hillary Clinton…