Big Irv

Directing

Big Irv

Known for

Directing

Credits

6 titles

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.

Known for

Behind the camera

Whackers poster
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Thad, 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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Whackers poster
NR

Thad, 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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Whackers poster
NR

Thad, 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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Paul & Silas in a Motel Room poster
NR

In 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

Paul & Silas in a Motel Room poster
NR

In 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

Sought Under Surveillance poster
NR

Mort, 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