BRIAN PADIAN is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and photographer. His credits as writer/director include the feature film THE BLACK SEA, two seasons of the webseries MICROAGGRESSIONS, the short film THE BIG BLACK DARK and others. Currently he is editing the experimental film GRIEF STICK and starting post-production on his second feature SISTER/BROTHER. Brian’s projects have screened at Dances With Films, Seattle True Independent, NYC Webfest, Local Sightings, and Stareable Fest among others and his screenplays have been recognized by Slamdance, Filmatic, ScreenCraft, and the Nicholl Fellowship. Brian was awarded the 2022 Final Draft Fellowship at Stowe Story Labs and has received project grants from the Regional Arts + Culture Council for shorts, series, and feature projects. Brian holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where he received the Jack Oakie Memorial Scholarship and he studied theater and film at Humboldt State University. Based in Portland, Oregon, Brian is an intermittent runner and a faithful Trailblazer fan.

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