Director Brandon Stouff, 1st AD Aimee Bubblis, Production Sound Mixer Johnny Clement, 1st AC Laina Robinson, and actress Jenn Sullivan worked on the short film, "The Inheritance" which was centered around the death of a brother and sister's father. Development and screenwriting for "Dear Kate," started years before "The Inheritance" was filmed and was pure coincidence that both projects involved the death of the protagonist(s) father.