
Directing
Big Irv
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Directing
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Big Irv writes, directs and produces used films. He studied film production at Depaul University, founded the production house Big Irv’s Used Films and has worked professionally as an independent artist since he was 19. In 2025 he was awarded the Depaul Undergraduate Production Grant. He is driven by high concept narratives, antagonistically esoteric aesthetics, and self-constructed paranoia. He is heavily influenced by genre films and their cultural influence. Irv lives in Chicago, working part-time at a movie theater so he can watch movies for free.
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NRThad, an unarmed grocery store security guard, becomes a tyrant obsessed with absolute authority to the dismay of Rose, a regular customer and Thad’s only ally. Meanwhile, separated father Wally becomes engrossed in a fringe conspiracy theory and begins a legal battle to regain his freedom and custody of his children. As both men descend into increasingly dangerous behavior, a slow night at work becomes a battleground for life, liberty, and the pursuit of power.
Whackers
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NRIn the lost hour between daylight savings and standard time, two codependent thieves kidnap a man in his motel room. One thief believes their captor is a man who has wronged them in the past, but the other isn’t sure.
Paul & Silas in a Motel Room
2026
NRMort, An incompetent private detective pursues unpromising leads and dead ends, accompanied by a young man hoping to get his deposit back. They search the city for answers, finding only growing paranoia uniting the two.
Sought Under Surveillance
2024
Behind the camera
NRThad, an unarmed grocery store security guard, becomes a tyrant obsessed with absolute authority to the dismay of Rose, a regular customer and Thad’s only ally. Meanwhile, separated father Wally becomes engrossed in a fringe conspiracy theory and begins a legal battle to regain his freedom and custody of his children. As both men descend into increasingly dangerous behavior, a slow night at work becomes a battleground for life, liberty, and the pursuit of power.
Whackers
—
NRThad, an unarmed grocery store security guard, becomes a tyrant obsessed with absolute authority to the dismay of Rose, a regular customer and Thad’s only ally. Meanwhile, separated father Wally becomes engrossed in a fringe conspiracy theory and begins a legal battle to regain his freedom and custody of his children. As both men descend into increasingly dangerous behavior, a slow night at work becomes a battleground for life, liberty, and the pursuit of power.
Whackers
—
NRThad, an unarmed grocery store security guard, becomes a tyrant obsessed with absolute authority to the dismay of Rose, a regular customer and Thad’s only ally. Meanwhile, separated father Wally becomes engrossed in a fringe conspiracy theory and begins a legal battle to regain his freedom and custody of his children. As both men descend into increasingly dangerous behavior, a slow night at work becomes a battleground for life, liberty, and the pursuit of power.
Whackers
—
NRIn the lost hour between daylight savings and standard time, two codependent thieves kidnap a man in his motel room. One thief believes their captor is a man who has wronged them in the past, but the other isn’t sure.
Paul & Silas in a Motel Room
2026
NRIn the lost hour between daylight savings and standard time, two codependent thieves kidnap a man in his motel room. One thief believes their captor is a man who has wronged them in the past, but the other isn’t sure.
Paul & Silas in a Motel Room
2026
NRMort, An incompetent private detective pursues unpromising leads and dead ends, accompanied by a young man hoping to get his deposit back. They search the city for answers, finding only growing paranoia uniting the two.
Sought Under Surveillance
2024
