The History of the Mr.
Bix Skahill didn’t always live the glamourous life of a lavender farmer. He married into the lavender farm business in 2018, when he and Deborah tied the knot.
(See the Waltz of the Flowers blog post about the wedding.)
Before moving to the farm permanently in the spring of 2020, Bix lived in St. Paul, Minnesota and wrote fiction, taught film classes at a local college and raised his child, Ash. But before Minnesota, Bix had an illustrious career as a screenwriter, filmmaker, and to a lesser degree, an actor.
Bix was born and raised in a small town in Iowa, the youngest of seven. He attended University of Iowa where he majored in film and writing. After graduation, Bix moved to Seattle and began working on commercials, rock videos and industrials. He worked in the props department on Northern Exposure for a couple seasons. An early film experience was working on the Academy Award winning movie, Fargo.
While working on the production, he talked Joel and Ethan Coen into casting him as the nighttime parking lot attendant. Bix had one line in the film, but even better, he got shot by Steve Buscemi.
Other projects Bix worked on: Sleepless in Seattle, Grumpier Old Men, and Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. In 1997 Bix moved to Hollywood full time and got his first gig writing a snowboarding movie. None of the projects he worked over the next couple years got produced, but in 1999, one of his screenplays, Chain of Fools, was produced by Warner Bros.
Bix’s next project, Life Without Dick, was produced in 2000. On this film, Bix not only wrote the script but also served as director.
Here is absolutely everything about the Mr.’s film career.
While in Hollywood, Bix’s son Ash was born. Ash has been working at the farm a few summer now, so you will probably see him when you visit. He graduated high school this year and will be attending a cool little Pennsylvania school, Ursinus College, in the appropriately named town of Collegeville.
Bix cleans up well. Here is the suave groom on his wedding day. This later in life marriage has been a breath of fresh air for Deb and Bix. Deb feels like she is a lucky lady to have found someone to have great conversations with, strong shoulders to help out with a laborious work load at the farm and Bix ALWAYS makes her laugh.
