Brandon Stephens

Born and raised in Texas, Brandon Stephens had an interest in films at an early age. He spent a lot of time begging his parents to rent all the Halloweens and Friday the 13ths at the local Movie Shack, and watching Big Trouble in Little China over and over with his brothers, when he could get a break from Star Wars. He constantly wanted to watch his grandfather's old 8mm reels and when his father brought home the first camcorder he'd ever seen, he was hooked. His first foray into narrative film-making was the short film, "The Channelview Stalker," he and his junior-high friends cooked up about a serial killer on the loose in a lonesome small town. After captivating an audience of 3, namely the cast of the movie, two more sequels were green-lit and produced by this band of film brothers. Another early film-making adventure came in the form of transforming his high school drama class into a high school movie-making class. Utilizing the explicit use of ketchup packets, another killer was brought to the silver screen. Fast forward to the present, he shoots his first low budget short, unTruth, with the new breed of HDSLRs, that played the very first Short Indies Film Fest. Later he shot The Break, a short film written by Manny Rey that went on to appear at the San Antonio Film Festival and the Boomtown Film and Music Fest. Another short, 18 Days, was written and shot in less than 48 hours and is available online for a limited time. After success with shorts, he and co-writer Manny Rey penned the crime thriller Enemy of the Mind. With a talented cast of actors from Austin, Texas and on a limited budget, he co-wrote, co-produced, directed, photographed, edited and sound designed the feature film in less than a year. Up next, Brandon is development on several scripts, including a gritty crime drama and a classic teen slasher.