Is a graduate of George Mason University, majoring in English. His parents often reminded him to read and visit the library as much as possible during his days growing up in Arlington, VA. The family migrated to USA after the fall of Sai Gon in 1975, By the end of his freshman year in college he knew his desire was to become a writer one day.
The defined moment was in the spring semester of his sophomore when he took a class called Introduction of Film, where the professor asked the class to write a scene with dialogue as it was meant to be seen and heard. Although he continued in the visual arts, he found his combined passions for behind the camera evolving with writers telling their stories.
After graduation he relocated to Orange County with the original idea of "becoming a writer" for The Hollywood Reporter, The Variety, or Entertainment Weekly. The west coast experience had many memorable moments, where he met Todd Murata and Megan McGonagle at UCLA film summer program. A few years later he returned back home, because his parents were still waiting for him to get a “real job” with health insurance. He gained his apprenticeship at theatre companies in Washington DC at Studio, Horizon, New Works, and Source, and also at Capital Casting agency.
GiNga Productions is a brain child idea of his to launch and produce short films with a captivate story, characters are the obvious, or perhaps a scene to back it up. "GiNga" is named after his Father/Mother's first names and pronounced like "gee-nah" as in actresses Gina Gershon, Geena Davis. (Note: Did you know Miramax Films is named after Bob and Harvey Weinstein's parents "Miriam and Max" when they started out in the early 1970s. Of course, we know what happened to Harvey in the last few years - hehe!)
Bryan wrote and produced a short film TOMORROW NEVER CAME (TNC) 2nd of the trilogy, that have garnered recognition at national and international film festivals. As of September 17th, 2021, it has been accepted into 27 festivals. The film was the Winner for March Best Film Actress and Finalist for March Best Short Film at The Scene Festival. At Toronto Int. Nollywood Film Festival 2021 it received 4 nominations: Best Female Filmmaker - International, Best Movie Producer, Best Supporting Actress, and Screenplay Under 30 Pages (USA).
The film received Bronze Award Winner and Award-Winning Filmmakers at Spotlight Film Awards. There are 6 Semi-Finalist selections: Los Angeles CineFest, Southeastern International Music & Film Festival, Sweden Film Awards, Boden Film Festivals, Dumbo Film Festivals, and Best Female Director at London Director Award.
At Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes TNC's screenplay received Honorable Mention for the "Best Short Screenplay" in the top 6 out of 1,000 plus submission, and Semi-Finalist at Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards.
In 2021 his latest short screenplay 3rd of the trilogy YESTERDAY NEVER ENDED was a Finalist at Best Script Award - London, Semi-Finalist at Burning Love Screenplay Competition (Poe Film Festival), Quarter-Finalist at Boston Screenplay Awards, and the "Official Selection" at London International Screenwriting Competition.
In 2019 he wrote, produced, & directed a short film 1st of the trilogy TODAY (SIGHT UNSEEN) received a Merit Award at Christian Family Film Festival and was a Finalist at Glory Reelz Christian Film Festival & Writer's Lab in 2020.
Bryan holds an MBA degree from University of Phoenix, and also receives
ITIL® v4 Managing Professional and ITIL® v3 Expert certificates in IT service management (ITSM), and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certificate in process improvement.
Filmography
2024, The Week That Wasn't (Feature) - Writer/Producer
2022, Yesterday Never Ended (Short) - Writer/Producer
2020, Tomorrow Never Came (Short) - Writer/Producer
2018, Today (Sihort) - Writer/Producer/Director
2009, Embalming (Short) - Producer
2005, Life's Illusions (Short)- Writer/Producer
2001, At Second Glance (Short)- Writer/Producer/Director
