Dear
@tropfest When I saw you were coming back, I thought ‘I’m going to enter!’ So I worked on the script in excited bursts, right up until Christmas, with
@xopherhead as script editor and then realised I probably had left it too late. I had a couple of close shaves with some awesome people but it wasn’t until the great
@danfletcher101 agreed to direct, that the ball really got rolling. We started pre on Boxing Day and with uncompromising spirit,
@scottedawson came on board as our #DOP
@stuw20 as our sound recordist and
@kieton.beilby agreed to edit a cast including
@daveeastgate @anamariabelo17 @chloebayliss5 @mayastange #septimuscaton and me into what has become ‘Do It Like Gary’. An in depth and often confronting look at what happens when an insurance company loses their star salesman and someone with zero rizz has to step up and fill in for the biggest pitch in Australian insurance history. Think Matt Damon in ‘Air’ meets ‘Whiplash’ but in exactly seven minutes. With credits. Made in 9 days. Produced by me,
@danfletcher101 and exciting new talent Leah Johnson. We just kept asking awesome people to come on board and it forced us to find other essential people to please, kindly do jobs that we couldn’t have made the film without. Time, like sands through the #hourglass, really was the mother of ‘Gary’. With all that now done, we know you are swamped with entries but do humbly invite you to consider ‘Do it Like Gary’. Thank you and welcome back. #tropfest #tropfest2026 #trop #fest #2026 #film #shortfilm Cast and Crew shot
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