COMEDY

First Insurance

BELKIN

HEMIC

HEMIC 2

Hawaii Energy

Hawaii Energy 2

Mobi

Road Runner

Snickers :90

LIFESTYLE

EmblemHealth

Bristol-Myers

CHLOE + ISABEL

First Insurance

Automotive

COROLLA

Lexus

Lexus 2

Care

Chief

Five Years

And Tomorrow

Beauty Queen

MASHIKO APPRENTICE

IPU STORY

24 HOURS IN WAIKIKI

AMERICAN DREAM

SIG ZANE

IN THE MAKHTESH

GENERATIONS

ORGANIC FARMING

MANTAS

Bio

Brett Wagner is a director and writer of films, commercials, and branded entertainment.

He made a movie called CHIEF, which premiered at Sundance and was hailed by IndieWIRE as a "must-see." His next film, called CARE, starred Rachel Brosnahan (HOUSE OF CARDS). CARE recently won Best Dramatic Film at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Kansas City Film Festival and Best Narrative Short at the Williamsburg International Film Festival. Both films received Academy Award qualification as a result of their festival wins.

His adaptation of the New York Times bestselling memoir, THE DEVIL'S TEETH, for executive producer Terrence Malick, received a Sloan Foundation Development Grant from the Tribeca Film Festival.

Brett directs lots of commercials and web films, which have won dozens of industry accolades—including "Best in Show" at the district-level Addy Awards in five of the past ten years. Clients include Bristol Myers, EmblemHealth, Road Runner, MTS Mobile, McDonalds, American Savings Bank, Lexus, Toyota, Hawaiian Airlines, Starwood Resorts, Burger King (don't tell McDonalds) and Mobi PCS.

His feature film, FIVE YEARS, was distributed internationally (under the release title THE HIDDEN) after a 30-festival tour that included awards for Best Feature Film at the Victoria Film Festival and Best Screenplay at Avignon. It's been dubbed into many fun languages; check it out in Turkish!

Here are some particularly nice quotes:

Chief: “Chief is a gorgeously shot mini-epic that, in only 20 minutes, creates a perfectly realized psychological noir, filmed under Hawaii’s blinding sun yet as dark as any nocturnal thriller, and with a hard-boiled lead performance that would make even Robert Mitchum take note.” –Filmmaker Magazine

Five Years: “A gripping thriller that illustrates how family deception form the past can never truly be covered up. Exceptional performances are delivered by the whole cast.”    –IndieWIRE

Five Years: “An admirably polished indie debut. Director Brett Wagner is very good with the talent … cast standouts include a soulful Todd Swenson and the appealing Kris Carr.” –Variety

Brett lives in Los Angeles and Honolulu. For film and television, Brett is represented by ICM Partners. For commercials, he is repped in the contiguous U.S. by Anchor, in Hawaii by Moana Productions, and in Eastern Europe by Zara Arakelyan. Brett grew up in Cleveland and earned an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Various other things happened along the way, which he’ll tell you about over a beer one day.