homeless dave.

My main feature documentary focus for 2026 is completing the edit for 'Homeless Dave', a 2-hour film about a homeless writer and street performer named David Farrell. I first met Dave in 2016 when a friend gave me his business card, which read 'Homeless Dave, Urban Camper & Affluent Bum'. Dave and I went for a coffee, he told me his story and a week later we started filming.

The Story

After living alone on the streets of Windsor for twelve years, homeless writer Dave meets homeless musician Duncan and together they emerge from the alleyways to form a busking band, capturing the attention of Chapel Street with their fantastical renaissance of the homeless image. They endeavour to take their act from the streets to the stage, but Duncan finds housing refuge right before their opening night and Dave is alone again.

Dave reaches a crisis point and decides that he can no longer endure life on the streets. The documentary then follows Dave over the course of two years as he grapples with the challenge of finding his way into a safe housing. All the while, he chronicles the past events and his own behaviours that lead him to living on the streets in the first place, including divorcing his wife and nuking his once promising screen writing career.

Homeless Dave is an in-depth character profile and exploration of a man's life, attempting to understand what led him to homelessness. Dave once worked with industry power houses - he was considered uniquely creative by his peers. Through Dave, we meet a range of characters and experience the humanity behind the rapidly growing numbers of homeless people – we learn that anybody can end up living on the streets.

The 10 Year Journey

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