Reema Dutt and Sania Jhankar met in NYU in 2007. They took a producing class and ended up being roommates the same semester.
Butterflies of Bill Baker was a finalist at the Chris Columbus Vague Award and received a development grant.
Will Chase as well as Sterling had to stay under water for several of the shots in the film.
Before casting the role of Annie, the team auditioned about 100 kids.
The film was entirely shot in New York City.