BRANDON WEAVIL
Screenwriter x Director x Producer
Bio: Brandon Weavil is a NYC-based filmmaker with a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and numerous accolades, notably an 8 on the Black List. He’s co-authored scripts with Emmy-nominated director Rod Blackhurst and has multiple projects in development with Witchcraft Motion Picture Company. He also wrote, directed, and produced his own short film.
Writer Lens: a Tarantinoesque spin on traditional horror genres.
Laurels
Optioned writer
HorrOrigins Winner 2022
Coverfly Red List
8 on The Black List
Screencraft Horror Semifinalist 2022
2X Austin FF Second Rounder
Available for representation
RITUALS
LOGLINE: A nurse witnesses a demon cure cancer and risks everything to learn more, putting her on a collision course with Hell itself.
Vibe Check: HELLRAISER meets LOGAN.
NOBILITY
LOGLINE: A determined conspiracy theorist fights to expose a banking cabal and the terrifying, occult forces behind it.
Vibe Check: SUCCESSION meets TWIN PEAKS.
NURTURE
LOGLINE: A serial killer hides bodies in a nearby lake but has to scramble to move them when a summer camp buys the lake and plans to dredge it.
Project Highlights: 8 on the Blacklist. Winner at HorrOrigins Film Fest; Austin Film Festival Second Rounder; Stage 32 Search For New Blood Semifinalist.
Vibe Check: A slasher with a coming-of-age twist.
CRYPTID
LOGLINE: Father and Son bond while tracking a monster through the Appalachian mountains in this homage to Jawsploitation films.
Vibe Check: JAWS meets RESERVOIR DOGS.
Project Highlights: Semifinalist Screencraft Horror; Semifinalist Filmmatic Horror; Quarterfinalist Stage 32 Search For New Blood.
THE LIFE OF YOUR TIME
LOGLINE: When a young woman is targeted by a mysterious alternate-reality game, she begins to wonder if anything she’s experiencing is real.
Vibe Check: THE GAME meets HOLY MOTORS.
Project Highlights: Austin Film Festival Second Rounder.