BRANDON BURKHART is a Los Angeles-based Latinx comedy writer originally from San Antonio, Texas. For the past three years, he's been head writer for the late night show "The Night Cap with Stacy Rumaker," which in pre-pandemic times ran monthly at The Virgil in East Hollywood. His sketches have been featured at Comedy Central Stage, SF Sketchfest, Second City's LA Diversity in Comedy Festival, and the Hollywood Fringe Festival. As a storyteller, he's won the Moth StorySLAM four times, including the Moth GrandSLAM. His sci-fi sitcom pilot "Mars Bar" won 3rd Place at the 2020 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition and is currently a Quarterfinalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.
Unique traits: Fast joke writer and master of comedy punch-ups.
Salvador Dolly Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror ⋄ Comedy A family tries to enjoy a normal suburban life despite being plagued by a haunted doll.
Mars Bar Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy A brilliant but stubborn scientist struggles to prove she's ready to be promoted from a decrepit Mars research station.
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition - 3rd Place for "Mars Bar"
(2020)