Child star Dominic Scott Kay (pictured) who appeared in Minority Report and voiced Wilbur the pig in Charlotte’s Wen has not only directed a short film, he’s also suing the producer for creative control.

The short film, titled Saving Angelo, stars Kay himself (he also wrote it, the little auteur) as well as Kevin Bacon (who Kay worked with on Bacon’s film Loverboy) as a boy who finds an injured dog and takes it to a firehouse.

Conroy Kanter put up $11,000 to finance the film, but apparently got a case of the Harvey Weinsteins.

“She wanted to make all the decisions and stuff,” Kay said. “She wanted final cut and everything.” Apparently she also wants control over the film exploitation, which has prevented the 10 year old from entering his film at Sundance. You can see a PDF of the legal action here. (you may need to register with the LA Times first, don’t worry it’s free).

There’s a lesson for Kay and Kanter here. Kay has experienced the harsh realities of making films with other people’s money when most of us are still learning multiplication. Kanter will undoubtedly learn that there’s no way to win a popularity contest against a 10 year old filmmaker.

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