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 classic 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: After a nurse witnesses a demon cure cancer, she demands to know 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 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.