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Over twenty years after losing his father, Demetri Martin wrote, directed, and starred in his 2016 film "Dean" which was inspired by his father.

Martin's film follows a character named Dean, a guy who doesn't want his dad to sell his childhood home after his mom dies. Although it isn't about his dad, per se, the story is about handling grief.

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"At my dad's funeral, I remember thinking, 'This is the worst day of my life. No contest,'" Martin told the College Times. "It was horrible when he was sick. Don't get me wrong, but it was that finality.

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Then, I remember thinking that someday I'll be able to talk about this without crying."

Martin, who loves drawing, was able to include that passion in his film since his character was a cartoonist. He told the Washington Post that he'd been drawing since childhood and giving his character a background not in comedy gave him more room to play with non-verbal commentary.

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