 During this period, Irvin won "The Hollywood Reporter" Key Art Awards for designing the movie posters for François Truffaut’s "Confidentially Yours" and Paul Verhoeven’s "The Fourth Man".He also helped spearhead the record-breaking year-long run of Jean-Jacques Beineix's "Diva" in New York City.Irvin's first directorial effort, which he also wrote and produced, was the 1985 dark comedy short "Double Negative", which starred Bill Randolph, Justin Henry, Wayne Knight, Dori Legg, and William Finley.