"Wake" is Dan Marcus's directorial debut.
Kris and Ray Hallowell, the film's producers, are also funeral directors in real life and supplied the funeral home for the film.
Daniel Flannery, who co-starred with Joshua Brail in "Manipulating Life", was once slated to appear as Albert Benjamin until he dropped out a week before filming.
Christina Thodos was cast at the last minute, and didn't meet with the director until the day of filming.