Brendon Marotta

Brendon Marotta first became interested in filmmaking at age fourteen, after watching a film critic break down the original Star Wars trilogy shot by shot. In high school, he began crewing on low-budget horror films and directed and edited over thirty short video projects. Brendon graduated from the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts in 2010 with a B.F.A. in film editing & sound, where he worked in every major role on a film set. During his time in film school, Brendon competed in the Virginia Film Festival's Adrenaline Film Project, where he won the Jury Prize. In 2013, he completed a year long Meisner Acting program at the Waterfront Playhouse & Conservatory. In 2014, a feature he edited was selected to premiere at the Austin Film Festival and won the Narrative Feature Audience Award there. In 2017, he finished his first documentary feature as director, which won best documentary at the Lone Star Film festival.