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Swipe Monster

A series about Courtney Whitlock, a dating app addict looking for love but stuck in the revolving door of modern singledom.

  • Oren Brimer
    Director
    Crashing, See You Around, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Pete Holmes Show
  • Oren Brimer
    Writer
  • Phoebe Bottoms
    Writer
  • Oren Brimer
    Producer
  • Phoebe Bottoms
    Producer
  • Barrett Wilbert Weed
    Producer
  • Clay Mills
    Producer
  • Chris Dimitrov
    Producer
  • Jeremy Katz
    Producer
  • Barrett Wilbert Weed
    Key Cast
    "Courtney"
  • Sam Vartholomeos
    Key Cast
    "Donovan"
  • Erica Hernandez
    Key Cast
    "Sarah"
  • Omar Shaukat
    Key Cast
    "Tariq"
  • Chris Wendelken
    Key Cast
    "Greg"
  • Phoebe Bottoms
    Key Cast
    "Ava"
  • Casey Jost
    Key Cast
    "Leo"
  • Michael Cruz Kayne
    Key Cast
    "Spencer"
  • Oren Brimer
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    comedy, Romance
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 27, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Sony Venice
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Oren Brimer

Oren is a Writer and Director. He wrote, co-executive produced and directed on the HBO series Crashing, starring Pete Holmes and executive produced by Judd Apatow. Before that he was a co-executive producer, writer and director for The Pete Holmes Show, a field piece director/producer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and directed for Comedy Central, Conaco, Broadway Video and CollegeHumor.

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Director Statement

Tackling themes of codependence, self-love, and loneliness in the digital age, SWIPE MONSTER follows the misadventures of Courtney Whitlock on her quest to find love.

Like many single people searching for "that special someone" in today's digital world, Courtney is an emotional gambling addict and the dating apps are the slot machine she can’t stop cranking. She's been told a million times that there’s “plenty of fish in the sea” but she’s finding the amount of fish to be overwhelming and it’s still pretty hard to hook one that isn’t covered in nuclear waste.

While Courtney's neuroses, anxieties and lack of self esteem make her a bit of a mess, we all can empathize with our hero; she’s the ugliness, fear and codependency we all carry with us deep inside. She just wears it on the the sleeve of whatever outfit she picked out to go on her date.