Brandon Vega(III)
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Twelve years of Catholic school did nothing to diminish a curious mind and caustic wit. I had no other choice than to be a teller of stories.
During three years in radio, alternating as a personality between the morning show and the graveyard shift, legendary disc jockey, Rory Wild, lent me a shooting script of THE ROCK (1996) that he got from a producer. I was dazzled: This stinkin' thing was on an actual film shoot! Being this close to Hollywood stoked a fire and a short five years later, I finished the first draft of my own spec script, NICKY BATZ.
Quitting a very lucrative career in real estate, I moved from Hawaii to sleep on my sister's futon in Houston, TX. I tended bar while I polished NICKY BATZ and wrote my second script, THE 6, in a mere six weeks. I packed up the Isuzu, drove cross-country and rented a room in a five-bedroom mid-century Los Angeles house with a few lunatics and no central air. I quickly received my first writing gig with rookie director Van M. Pham. I networked, hung out at Burbank mall, made a few great contacts, and got hired for more scripts. My journey has landed me in Las Vegas and back to Houston to focus on more scripts and this wonderfully dull website you're kindly taking your time with.
Then during the Pandemic of 2020, production was halted on my directorial debut of my short film, WELCOME BACK, CHARLIE. Instead, I switched gears and wrote, shot and cut a poignant short film called MADS AND INVISIBLE BOB, with nothing more than my daughter, son, wife and new puppy. In the middle of the pandemic (following COVID protocols), I shot my 2nd short film, THE BIG WAIT, with a cast of 2 and crew of 1 in a hotel room. Really feeling my oats as a director, I finished my 3rd short film, SMART ALEX (adapted from my feature screenplay of the same name) in 2023 and (so far) has been an official selection of the Las Vegas International Film and Screenwriting Festival, the Austin Lift-Off Film Festival and a finalist in the Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival.
During three years in radio, alternating as a personality between the morning show and the graveyard shift, legendary disc jockey, Rory Wild, lent me a shooting script of THE ROCK (1996) that he got from a producer. I was dazzled: This stinkin' thing was on an actual film shoot! Being this close to Hollywood stoked a fire and a short five years later, I finished the first draft of my own spec script, NICKY BATZ.
Quitting a very lucrative career in real estate, I moved from Hawaii to sleep on my sister's futon in Houston, TX. I tended bar while I polished NICKY BATZ and wrote my second script, THE 6, in a mere six weeks. I packed up the Isuzu, drove cross-country and rented a room in a five-bedroom mid-century Los Angeles house with a few lunatics and no central air. I quickly received my first writing gig with rookie director Van M. Pham. I networked, hung out at Burbank mall, made a few great contacts, and got hired for more scripts. My journey has landed me in Las Vegas and back to Houston to focus on more scripts and this wonderfully dull website you're kindly taking your time with.
Then during the Pandemic of 2020, production was halted on my directorial debut of my short film, WELCOME BACK, CHARLIE. Instead, I switched gears and wrote, shot and cut a poignant short film called MADS AND INVISIBLE BOB, with nothing more than my daughter, son, wife and new puppy. In the middle of the pandemic (following COVID protocols), I shot my 2nd short film, THE BIG WAIT, with a cast of 2 and crew of 1 in a hotel room. Really feeling my oats as a director, I finished my 3rd short film, SMART ALEX (adapted from my feature screenplay of the same name) in 2023 and (so far) has been an official selection of the Las Vegas International Film and Screenwriting Festival, the Austin Lift-Off Film Festival and a finalist in the Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival.
