Robert Kirbyson

writer, director
Short Film

Ctrl Z

  • written and directed by Robert Kirbyson
  • (Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, 10 September 2007)

Nerd’s revenge with a keyboard, including ctrl-z which takes him back in time. —Michael Main
Lizzy: Just hit control-z.
Stu: Yeah, I know how to undo things. Thanks.
Clutching his keyboard, Tony Hale (as Stuart Barnes) poses beside Zachary Levi
                (as boss-man Ben Pillar) and Emy Coligado (as colleague Elizabeth Caarter).
  • Science Fiction
  • Comedy
  • Definite Time Travel
Serial Film

Ctrl


After the success of Robert Kirbyson’s short, “Ctrl Z,” NBC picked it up for a 10-episode web series, the first ever by a major TV network. The first episode, at about four and half minutes, is a remake of the first half of the original “Ctrl-Z,” and after that, we go on a trek through the rest of the keyboard. But regardless of which key an episode focuses on, the original ctrl-z is (almost) always there to help Stu step back when needed.

Because the episodes are periodically released short episodes that tell one continuous story, we classify the Ctrl web series as a single serial—like the old-time movie serials—rather than a TV series. Including the aforementioned first episode, there were ten episodes. —Michael Main
Lizzy: Just hit control-z.
Stu: Oh! Thank you, thank you, I know how to undo things. Okay?
Steve Howey (as Ben Piller), Tony Hale (as Stuart Grundy), and Emy Coligado (as
                Elizabeth) pose on a giant keyboard key.
  • Eloi Honorable Mention
  • Comedy
  • Definite Time Travel