Xochi Blymyer:
My Life as an A.D.

Later in 2012, I was invited to join Magic City already filming in Miami, Florida for a couple episodes. What a beautiful show for Starz set in the 1950’s. Was a wonderful cast set in a classy hotel with all that happened in Miami back then.

The new year, brought about Welcome To The Family, a new pilot. A fun half hour Comedy shooting at Sony Studios. The pilot got picked up so we began the season getting about 9 episodes shot and starting to air but was then cancelled.

I was offered a position on a new show for ABC Family called The Fosters. This was a one hour drama. I was back over at Warner Bros. filming as well as locations down by the beach as the story took place in San Diego. The Fosters took me through to the next year, 2014.

Summer came along and some great friends of mine invited me along to their European vacation. As no jobs were on the horizon, off I went to France and Italy for an unbelievable trip. As the trip was coming to an end, I got a call to see if I was available for an episode of Bones. Was great to return to work!

Bones was fun to basically stop in for a few weeks, meet some great cast & crew. I did return for another appearance when they shot their 1950’s episode which was really cool to do.

In early 2015, I decided it was time to make my own movie. So began my journey making Red Dog & Bates, a documentary about two men who walked from Los Angeles to Mexico City in 1958/59. I spent the first part of this year interviewing Red Dog and other people around Los Angeles, even making a trip to talk to one of his friend in New Mexico.

That summer of 2015, Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. called asking me to join them for Season 3. It was an amazing world of VFX, time travel and superhero action adventure! I stayed on the show for 2 seasons, was a great team and a great experience.

Before I returned to Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4, 2016, I traveled to Mexico to follow the path of Red Dog & Bates w 3 Mexican Filmmakers, we used their journals as a treasure map to find people and places they had walked passed on their journey long ago. It was an experience I’ll never forget.

I returned to Mexico on my two breaks during Season 4. More filming for Red Dog & Bates, finding more treasures of people and places from the past.

Summer of 2017, a new show for NBC was starting, AP BIO, a half hour comedy that would be right down the street at CBS Radford Studios. A hilarious cast and a fun crew and set.

When the season was over, I went right to Angie Tribeca, a silly comedy. I had the honor of meeting Carl Reiner on one of my episodes. Also got to work again with Angelica Huston.

Spent the summer working on the documentary until I got a call to fill in on Seal Team. This was another quite different show but as always there is crew and cast that you’ve worked with before. We flew over the water filming in San Pedro and ran through the alley of Los Angeles in the night.

The second season of AP BIO began right after Seal Team. Was so great to be back with the team of cast and crew again. So many laughs we had and really enjoyed being together.

As AP BIO was finishing the second season, I was invited to join the production of Animal Kingdom, Season 4. John Wells Productions, think I finally found my home if they’ll keep me.

Animal Kingdom is a crazy story, lot of action and chaos, but behind the scenes is a lovely cast and crew and it’s just a nice place to go to work.

In the summer of 2019, I began a show for Disney +, Diary of a Future President. We shot in Manhattan Beach Studios. This was payback for the many shows I had done right near home! It’s lovely down there though. This show has so many talented kids in and we had a ball over the summer working together.

Black Monday, season 2, was a show I finished off the year with. A Showtime half hour comedy set in the 1980’s about the stock market crash. Doesn’t sound like a comedy but it’s the most hilarious show I’ve worked on! Don Cheadle, Regina Hall and Andrew Rannells and so many more talented actors. Such a fun time!

I must say, 2019 rocked as far as the shows I was invited to work on and the cast and crew I met. I feel very lucky.

Tail end of 2019, I had a break, traveling to Seattle to meet the newest member of my family, my great niece Aviana. Was wonderful to have the time to spend with her.

With the new year, brought a new season of Animal Kingdom, Season 5! Back with this great cast and crew! We were about halfway done with the seasons when the pandemic happened. All over the world places shut down and movie business completely stopped. We will begin again…when it’s safe…when is that is the question.

Red Dog & Bates continues to be edited and worked on.

I look forward to my next adventure whether it's in television or movies. It's been wonderful so far and you never know what the future will bring! The movie business is an amazing, crazy, creative business and always keeps a person on one's toes and always ready for changes…That's show biz!