Brandon C. Lay

Brandon C. Lay is an award winning filmmaker and founder of Living Proof Pictures, known for character and dialogue driven dramas featuring dynamic female leads at their center. His early work in film goes back as far as 2006 however it wasn't until 2014 with the debut of the micro budget feature Macie on a Good Day that Brandon began creating the films for which he and his production company are known. The following year he started his first collaboration with Valynn Turkovich who went on to star in the next three films which launched Living Proof Pictures rise on the festival circuit. A Hole to China (2016) was created in twenty four hours for the annual 24hr Film Race held by the Marietta International Film Festival (now the Cobb International Film Festival). The film was named a finalist and was the first of Brandon's films to screen at a film festival, where it won Valynn a Best Actress award and took home fourth place in the race. The film went on to festivals across the county and around the world opening the door for the following submissions of the forty minute short, Binge Purge (2016) and the feature film The Ground that Sinks (2017). In the following year at the film race Brandon and his team entered with Make it Pink (2017) starring Marcy Repp, which won first place, Best Supporting Actress: Syd Stauffer, Best Score: James Mason and Brandon's first Best Director award. In 2019 Brandon would release his two largest undertakings both starring Jenna McBreen and Syd Stauffer: the ten episode limited series Price of Faerie Tales and the feature film The Worry Doll. The Worry Doll became Living Proof Pictures most recognized film with awards and nominations for it's cast, score, Brandon's direction and the film itself. That year also brought with it a much needed upgrade to Living Proof Pictures equipment leading to the next exciting phase in Brandon's career. Despite the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Brandon produced three short films which garnered over twenty officials selections throughout the year. Among those selecting Cueball (2020) was St. Louis International Film Festival which marked Brandon's first acceptance to an Academy Award qualifying festival. Cueball was created with a skeleton crew and explores many topics through the lens of quarantine in it's under fifteen minute run time. The film's leading lady, Sarah Cugini will next be seen starring along side Marcy Repp, Chris Egging and Kate Hughes in Brandon's newest feature film Bitter Taste of Ginger (2021).