CI: A TEDD Talkumentary
The official trailer for the award-winning comedic short film CI: A TEDD Talkumentary. This rockumentary style all-access pass to the most watched TEDD Talk of all-time delighted thought leadership groupies at film festivals around the globe.
Film Synopsis
Real-life Silicon Valley innovator Michael Fertik plays Michael Fertik, a start up superstar attempting to top his past success with a game-changing TEDD Talk, recorded for posterity by a documentary film crew.
Fertik’s revelatory TEDD talk explains the concept of CI or counterintuition, a simple trick that promises to help anyone unleash their inner-innovator and disrupt their conventional lives.
Fertik’s stupefying talk is interwoven with intimate, Errol Morris-style interviews of Fertik and his real-life investors, David Cowan and Mike Maples, and remote interviews with fans attending TEDD’s annual once in a lifetime event.
The Film
It goes without saying that any rockumentary owes a debt to genre pioneers like Gimme Shelter, Don’t Look Back and The Song Remains the Same. There are three films outside these obvious classics which the CI production team found particularly inspirational: U2’s Rattle & Hum for its unbridled self-congratulation, Heavy Metal Parking Lot for its brutally honest shallowness, and Errol Morris’ The Unknown Known for its stylishly soul-sucking interviews of Donald Rumsfeld.
Premiere:CI: A TEDD Talkumentary ‘s 1st screening was to a packed house at San Francisco’s Frozen Film Festival in July 2015.
Festivals & Awards
Production Credits
Directed & Produced by
Martin Sweeney
Written by
Michael Fertik & Martin Sweeney
Executive Producer
Michael Fertik
Director of Photography
Jesse Dana
Camera Operator Matt Rome
1st Assistant Camera Jonathan Bowerbank
1st Assistant Camera Tim Guffin
2nd AC/Data Manager Nick Schwyter
1st Assistant Director Annie Spiegelman
2nd Assistant Director DeSean McClinton
Art Director Michael Merryweather
Prop Master Zach Lonas
Assistant Props Aaron Young
Sound Recordist Adriano Bravo
Gaffer Chris Galdes
Key Grip Tej Virdi
Swing Matt Stouppe
Make-up/Hair Jihyun Kim
Production Assistant Kyle Canyon
Production Intern Lauren Allen
Theater Technicians Gene Hale, Sean McGuire
Theater Manager Kari McAllister
Editing/Sound/Post-Production Design by
Martin Sweeney
CAST
“Michael Fertik”
Michael Fertik
“David Cowan”
David Cowan
“Mike Maples”
Mike Maples
“Meeting God” Superfan Lauren Allen
“2,000 Likes” Superfan Annegret Reinert
Steve Jobs/Mick Jagger/Dalai Lama Comparer Wayne Clarke
“Messenger is different” Guy Mark Ruderman
Elon Musk Comparer Mark Blunck
Superfan from Spain Patricia Gonzalez
Superfan from the country of Georgia Russo Shandize
Superfan from Wisconsin Michael Baum
This Guy’s Outstanding Guy Cole Sexton
Team Fertik - PR Person Jackie Dallas
Team Fertik - Personal Assistant Richard Sargent
Team Fertik - Bodyman #1 Jonathan Bowerbank
Team Fertik - Bodyman #2 Nick Schwyter
TEDD Stage Manager Annie Spiegelman
Green Room VIPs
Vint Carmona
Karen Caronna
James Der
Tony Savo
James Frankle
Fertik Fanatics
Brandon Reyna
Evelin Tapia
Katrina Orput
Latasha Hayes
Michael Wu
Yulei Nicholas Ishida
Sherri Blakeley
Tiffany Maycon
Thiea-An Nguyen
Katie Braninburg
DaSean Smith
Michael Hurd
Luis Cardenas
Arthur Diaz
Joshua N. Rosario
Omid Iranmanesh
Jaice Souza
Kel Kelsey Rama
Robert Ruiz, Jr.
KaJonha Williams
Victoria McCleland
Yolanda Romo
Special Thanks:
Kari McAllister
Reed L. Buffington Visual & Performing Arts Center
Chabot College