May 2016
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About Brian
I am a 2x combat veteran who was medically retired from the military in 2008. I have always been and will always be a writer with passion and purpose. I truly want to break the barriers on what a combat veteran can truly achieve in the art we call entertainment.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2013 – Present Creative Writing For Entertainment / Bachelors / Full Sail University
WRITING AND PRODUCTION SKILLS ACQUIRED WHILST STUDYING
*Create deck for social media (Hoot Suite, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.
*Create strategies for narrative story development: scripts, creative fiction and non-fiction.
*Deep knowledge of literary techniques, social media, pop culture & music trends.
*Participated in writing workshops for a variety of formats and genres. Including comedy, horror, mystery, suspense, fantasy, and science fiction.
FILM / TELEVISION / WRITING EXPERIENCE
2016 – Developed a TV-pilot/feature length screenplay entitled, The Breakup Agency
2016 – Developed a TV-pilot/Feature length screenplay entitled, Paper Jesus
2016 - Lions Gate Films / Grindstone Entertainment Group
*Semi-Finalist in the Veterans in Film and Television (VFT) Pitch Fest
2016 – 2016 Production Assistant / Le Petit Mort
2013 – 2016 Creative Director / Come Up Gang Music Group
* Co-created the concept and vision for 3 music videos
* Secured year-long multiple event venues until 2016
* Acquired 1 local business sponsorship until 2016
* Increased social media presence and engagement
* Increased merchandise sales by 87%
* Increased digital download/streaming sales by 54%
2014 – Present Writer & Creator /
“The PTSD Guide to Life and Do You Even Combat Bro.”
* Generated over 415,000 website and article views.
* Recognition by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Army Times, CNN iReport
2015 – 2015 Women’s Rights News ()
*Created two 4-part episodic lifestyle series
2015 – 2015 Requested by Harley-Davidson a pitch meeting based on my blog
EXPERTISE IN
*Final Draft *Microsoft Office *Web Site Building *Copy Editing
*Proof reading *Story Editing *Script Formatting *Hoot Suite
Certifications
Credits
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Remy (
2016 )
Television Writer/Creator When a Korean Beauty Corporation takes over Harlem’s first Remy hair supply store after it suspiciously burns to the ground along with the original owner in it. Damien, the original owners son, embarks on extracting revenge by traveling to Seoul and resupplying the inventory with the scalps of the corporate executives he believes are responsible for the travesty. After extracting his revenge, Damien is forced to flee Seoul after learning that his father is the one behind his death. With the KBC wanting their retribution, follow Damien back stateside where it’s Harlem vs. Korea Town in a bloody clash of cultural warfare. -
Hall of The Fallen (
2016 )
Television Writer/Creator On Brian’s last mission in Iraq a roadside bomb explodes. Brian wakes up in what he thinks is the hospital but really he is at the gates of Valhalla. As he comes to, Freya tells him Odin will only welcome him to the “Hall of The Fallen” where only those who have died in battle may rest for eternity. If he can prevent the roadside bomb from killing everyone in the convoy, Freya sends him back to Earth three days prior to the blast to set him on the journey of earning his way into, Valhalla and saving his team members from certain death. -
The Plat-Eyes (
2016 )
Television Writer/Creator When Brian and his newlywed wife, Naombi soon discover their connection to each other goes back hundreds of years. With Naombi’s grandparents once being owned as slaves to Brian’s grandparents. Brian realizes the atrocities his ancestors committed against her family hundreds of years ago were committed on the family plantation and the Plat-Eyes (spirits of those murdered slaves) want retribution for those injustices." -
Back to Basic (
2016 )
Television Writer/Creator Disabled veterans of the military give it one more try to make it through basic training, to see if they still got it. -
The Breakup Agency
Television Writer/Creator When a group of combat veterans created, The Breakup Agency to help others out of their dead-end relationships. They never could've imagined that fighting for others emotional emancipation would be harder than the battles they once fought.
Education
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Full Sail University
(2013-2016)
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