Brady Nelson
Writer - Director - Author
Latest Film
Outrage
A young journalist goes undercover to expose a media manipulator then risks his career foiling the presidential candidate who hired them.
| 10/10 | 8.6/10 | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| Film Threat | IMDB | Indie Rights |
Past Work
The Murders of Jason Hartman
Published in Clarkesworld
November 2020
Compulsion -- Sci-fi/Psychological Thriller
A widow is compelled by a new state program to execute or rehabilitate the man who murdered her husband.
| Finalist |
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| Page International Screenwriting Awards |
The Contrarian -- Biopic
Renowned journalist, freethinker, and atheist Christopher Hitchens learns at the apex of his career that he’s afflicted with terminal cancer, testing his resolve about his convictions and forcing him to decide on what legacy he’ll leave for his daughter and the world.
| Semifinalist |
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| Nicholl Fellowship |
Crude -- TV Pilot/Drama
A gritty period drama chronicling the birth of America’s oil empire, where ruthless speculators, corrupt railroads, and visionary entrepreneurs clash in a violent struggle that will determine who controls the nation’s future wealth.
| Optioned | Pitched |
|---|---|
| Breitenbach Creative Media | History Channel |
About
I tell stories about power, conscience, the cost of knowing the truth
To do that I'm format agnostic. I write short stories, novels, and screenplays. I make films. But I'm also into discovering new formats. New ways to tell stories.The future keeps getting stranger. In that environment, it's human stories that keep us grounded. Even if they're in a form no one saw coming.My first feature, Outrage, is a political thriller I wrote, directed, produced, edited, and scored myself on a $17,000 budget. It was rated 10/10 by Film Threat and called "a perfect film that needs to be seen by everyone."It's currently streaming on Amazon, Tubi, and YouTube.I've written screenplays that have placed in the Nicholl Fellowship, been optioned, and been pitched to History Channel and Echo Lake. A short story I co-wrote was published in Clarkesworld, a Hugo Award-winning magazine, in 2020.I'm currently at work on a novel and a short film.Before all of this, I was selected for the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop in 2019, taught by Carmen Maria Machado and Jeff and Ann VanderMeer.