from The Big Black Dark

MA S2 wrap

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BRIAN PADIAN’s credits as writer/director include the feature film THE BLACK SEA, two seasons of the webseries MICROAGGRESSIONS, the short film APOLOGY GHOST, the documentary short GRIEF STICK and more. He’s currently finishing post-production on his second narrative feature SISTER/BROTHER. Brian’s projects have screened at Dances With Films, Seattle True Independent, NYC Webfest, Defy Film Festival, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Local Sightings, Stareable Fest and others. A recipient of project grants from the Regional Arts + Culture Council and recognized as a Final Draft Fellow at Stowe Story Labs, Brian holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where he received the Jack Oakie Memorial Scholarship. Before that he studied theater and film at Humboldt State University. Brian is also a musician, a photographer, a brain tumor survivor, a runner, an editor. He lives and works in Portland, Oregon.