Breaking Florida is a cinematic documentary-reality series chronicling filmmaker Kurt Weichert’s attempt to build an independent studio outside Hollywood after surviving a serious car accident, enduring hurricane devastation, and watching an $11 million development deal collapse. As he rebuilds physically and professionally, the series explores ownership, resilience, and the high-stakes reality of launching a media company in a state with no film incentives — and no safety net.
Breaking Florida is a cinematic documentary-reality series chronicling filmmaker Kurt Weichert’s attempt to build a modern independent film and media studio outside the traditional Hollywood system.
From Southwest Florida — a state with no film tax incentives — Kurt develops an ambitious slate of film and television projects while navigating investor negotiations, creative rewrites, production strategy, and distribution control.
But the timing couldn’t be worse.
After surviving a serious car accident that resulted in brain trauma, spinal injuries, and months of recovery, Kurt finds himself physically rebuilding at the same moment a year-long, $11 million development deal collapses over creative control and valuation. Having rewritten the script multiple times and refused to discount his ownership, he walks away — determined to build leverage instead of surrender it.
As hurricane devastation, insurance battles, and financial pressure close in, Breaking Florida becomes more than a story about filmmaking. It becomes a story about resilience, ownership, and the cost of building something meaningful without waiting for permission.
Through intimate access to scripting sessions, casting discussions, investor calls, recovery milestones, and strategic pivots, the series explores what it really takes to stand upright — creatively, physically, and financially — in an industry built on compromise.