Brett began his career in Los Angeles, as a Post Production specialist at award winning facilities Encore Hollywood and The Post Group. He worked on projects and with people that ran the gamut from Pee Wee's Playhouse to the X-Files, and Wim Wenders to Richard Simmons. (Yep, really just said that) He learned to excel around seemingly larger than life situations and personalities, and learned the best practices, processes and tools from some of the most skilled specialists in Hollywood.
He also spent many evenings in L.A. behaving like an absolute imbecile - moonlighting as an improvisational/sketch actor at The Groundlings, The Comedy Store and the Acme Theater; fronting the hard rock band, Harepeace; and, gaining numerous VO and on camera credits, including a starring role in Gregg Araki’s seminal film, The Living End.
While he obviously enjoys dropping names that could easily crush both of his feet, his greatest source of professional pride and personal happiness comes from the non-profit work he’s done over the years.* Crafting content for SEIU, NARAL, The Department of Education, and more.
He’s experienced the vulnerability of creating and performing, and spent countless hours editing and honing finished content - meaning he brings empathy, drive, a sense of humor, and respect for everyone and everything involved to every project. Making real people enjoy feeling comfortable on camera, communicating ably with skilled and experienced performers and technicians, and attentively listening to clients and stakeholders in order to transform and distill concepts and ideas into engaging stories.
Specialties:
Creative Direction
Film Direction, Editing & Production
Communications Strategy
*(and, my dogs)
*(and, yes, yes, of course, my wife)
Not technically or specifically actually Amy and/or Brett
Some recent clients include:
adidas
Airship
AppFolio
Bradley Angle House
Citrix Online
DCCC
Dr. Marten’s
Democratic National Committee
Deutsche Bank
Digimarc
HP
Houghton Mifflin
Intel
Johnson & Johnson
Likewhere
Mentor
Mindbody
NARAL
Nike
Northrop Grumman
Pacificorp
OHSU
Teleflex
The North Face
SEIU
Projects worked on and people worked with over the years include:
Ally McBeal
Chiat/Day
Encore Hollywood
Max Headroom
McCann Erickson
Millennium
NYPD Blue
Paramount Studios
Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Popular
The Post Group
The Practice
Prince
Ren & Stimpy
Richard Simmons
Roswell
Saatchi & Saatchi
Sony Pictures
The Sopranos
Star Trek The Next Generation
Team One Advertising
Universal Television
The X-Files
And one more slightly uncomfortable albeit amusing way to get to know more about Brett:
Actually Amy and/or Brett
Amy is a designer and producer. She is adept at planning and managing projects and balancing creative vision with resources. She’s masterful at identifying client goals and developing plans to achieve them.
She’s managed creative and production in the fields of film, live events and photography for over 20 years. She has a Master’s Degree in Interior Design Architecture from the Harrington College of Design in Chicago - graduating with highest honors as the program’s Alpha Beta Kappa award recipient, and having her thesis work selected for publishing in Interior Resources.
Key Skills:
Translating client ideas and goals into creative solutions
Research based design
Client relationship management and development
Balancing creative wish-lists with available resources
Experience includes:
-Design, programming, and 3D rendering of 60,000 sf interior architecture projects
-Design and implementation of residential interiors & exterior landscapes
-Management of creative teams to produce winning proposals and effective projects
-Creative direction and production for narrative film, B2B, and nonprofit video
-Planning, creative production and management of large-scale branded experiential events
-Production of catalog fashion photography
-Presentation consultation and direction for Fortune 500 CEOs
-Art direction and styling for live fashion shows