Happy

Happy is a 2011 feature documentary directed, written, and co-produced by Roko Belic. The film surveys human happiness by weaving together conversations with individuals from diverse backgrounds across 14 countries, interlacing the latest insights from positive psychology. Belic's inspiration came when producer-director Tom Shadyac (Liar, Liar, Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty) showed him a New York Times article titled "A New Measure of Well Being From a Happy Little Kingdom" which ranks the United States as the 23rd happiest nation. Shadyac urged Belic to create a documentary about happiness. Over several years, Belic conducted interviews with more than 20 people, spanning leading happiness researchers to a rickshaw driver in Kolkatta, a family living in a "co-housing community" in Denmark, a woman who was run over by a truck, a Cajun fisherman, and more.