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Brian produced the feature films BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT (co-writer), BUCKY AND THE SQUIRRELS (Producer, Line Producer, Co-director – Uncredited) a comedy from director-writer Allan Katz (M*A*S*H*, BIG MAN ON CAMPUS), MUSICAL CHAIRS, directed by Susan Seidelman (DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN), and TIO PAPI directed by Fro Rojas, which he co-wrote.
Brian wrote an unproduced pilot for Artists/Media Cooperation (CoOp - THE GUITAR, THIS REVOLUTION) in New York where he served for a decade as their Senior VP of Production and the head of their West Coast Office. Working with Co-Op Productions Brian line produced Candace Bushnell’s web series THE BROADROOM, which starred JENNY GARTH, JENNIFER ESPOSITO, and TALIA BALSAM, and the aforementioned BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.
As a writer, Brian has completed well over a dozen feature films. His first screenplay KAMI HITO E (THE THIN LINE) was based on his experience as an international Judo champion training in Tokyo. From there he continued to write and his first produced feature was a low-budget slasher titled DARKROOM. He’s just completed his first novel and is working on his second.
Brian wrote, directed, and produced the documentary 1736: SOMEWHERE TO TURN – about a family crisis center for domestic abuse victims.
He wrote and directed the award-winning short film ODESSA OR BUST starring SEINFELD’S Jason Alexander, ACADEMY AWARD WINNER Red Buttons, and RUSHMORE’S Jason Schwartzman, the short film JOANNE – a revenge tale of a woman going through hard economic times and a mid-life crisis, SNOUT a short about the dangers of farmyard animals, IT TAKES BRAINS – a horror/comedy short. His new short content series MURRAY GHOST which he directed, produced, wrote, edited is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit and has been honored at Festigious Fest and Just4Shorts festivals.
In TV, his credits include a staff writing position on the NBC sit-com BLOSSOM, multiple episodes of the syndicated series HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, and ACAPULCO HEAT, the HBO hit comedy DREAM ON, CBS’s RENEGADE, THE EXILE, MURDER, SHE WROTE, the TV movie MURDER OF MY AUNT, the FOX Network’s YOUNG HERCULES, and CBS’s critically acclaimed was series TOUR OF DUTY (associate producer) where he was recognized by the TV academy for his contribution to the show by the Emmy winning post-production sound department. Brian co-wrote the FOX pilot MANTIC with Jason Alexander. Also, he worked as a punch-up writer on BOB PATTERSON, and LISTEN UP.
Brian was a Co-Executive Producer on STAR LEAF and ZBURBS as an Executive Producer for Horror Equity Fund where he was CCO for 5 years.
CONCEPTUS is his first novel, but his second book having previously published a screenwriting textbook titled PROCESS TO PRODUCT.
Brian has been teaching screenwriting for many years. For the last 15 years, he has been the lead faculty for Boston University’s prestigious Writer in Hollywood Program.
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