"Idea Man" (2024)
"Idea Man" is a triptych of trilogies about ideas, creativity, and doing whatever it takes to pursue a dream. Art’s life is going nowhere, he’s stuck in a miserable job he can’t tolerate, and he’s had enough of the pointless meaninglessness of his existence. Art’s only dim flicker of hope is his absolute certainty that he is on the verge of having a life-changing idea that will be his ticket to freedom. Now, all Art has to do is stay focused, not get distracted, and finally have his idea.
"Idea Man" is a "philosophicomedy" series of 9 half-hour-ish episodes following our hero’s journey through the contexts of work, rest and play. It has approximately equal parts of existential nightmare, black comedy, soppy romcom and scathing satire. "Idea Man" mischievously pokes fun at downtrodden teachers, absurd artists, and trendy hipsters (and much, much more), but it does so with a wholesome warm gooey heart.
Directed, written, produced, cinematography and editing by Mark Garvey Co-Produced and sound recording by Máiréad Fitzpatrick
Music by Tasha Fights Tigers
Art: Callum Oakaby-Wright
Beth: Penelope Nunes
Craig: Keir Husband
Dylan: Nathan Laughran
Eleanor: Máiréad Fitzpatrick
Francis French: Saint Hilaire
Gerry: Chris Nicholls
Hugo: Finn Riches
Izzy: Libby Fox
Joy: Faye Sarron
Kingsley: Joe Goodhead
Lily: Julia Valentine
Mabel: Herself
Noah: Simon Cleary
Otto: Ryan Beman
Peer: Philip K. Meadows
Quilly: Matt Clifford
Ruben: Santi Wais
Sienna: Rachel Cuthill
Tatum: Richard Llewellyn
Uma: Silvia Lloscos Lluch
Victor: Stuart Offord
Wesley: Ian Tucknott
Xsara: Alice Phillipson
Yelena: Alice Celeste
Zack Black: Himself
Production Assistants: Jim Baldwin, Lizzie Byers, John Harper, Michael Manning, Jake Murley, Mark Newbold, Alice Owen, Oliver Samuel, Bezza Smith, Luke Wheeler