CHARLIE HARPER
with Writer/Directors Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge

Charlie Harper (2026) 

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge

SYNOPSIS: Charlie Harper is an emotional modern romance that explores the tension between love, ambition, identity, and personal growth. Through the evolving relationship of Charlie and Harper, the film examines what happens when two people deeply connected to one another begin growing in different directions, forcing them to confront whether love alone is enough.

GENRE: Romantic Comedy

RUN TIME: 106 minutes

Watch trailer here. 

Mac Eldridge and Tom Dean (Directors)

Tom and Mac met in film school at DePaul University, originally working on one another’s projects in numerous capacities. The two developed a shared grammar over time, and then decided to make their collaborations official by co-directing the short film ALL THE MEN THAT YOU WOULD SLEEP WITH WERE YOU NOT IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP WITH TYLER WHOM OF COURSE YOU LOVE. Afterward, the

two started developing feature scripts together, and during that time, their first feature, CHARLIE HARPER, was born.

DePaul Alumni Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge in conversation, following the film, moderated by Dan Klein.

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