G.J. Echternkamp previously made a documentary in 2007 about his parents, the real Frank Garcia and Cynthia Brown, which is also entitled Frank and Cindy (2007).
Writer and director G.J. Echternkamp is Cindy's real-life son.
Actor/producer Scoot McNairy was one of this film's producers.
John Simmons' mother is named Cindy. In the film, while his character likes to-do lists, he played an actor in a film entitled "To-Do List." This is his second film, after "Cinema Verite," in which fiction and reality are intertwined.
G.J. Echternkamp is the director and screenwriter of the movie.