Brendan Kaplan
Screenwriter, Director, Actor
Exciting new projects coming soon to a theater and/or 6 inch iPhone screen near you!
COMING SOON
Spiral
You don’t have to do this.
After her boyfriend leaves for the night, a curious young woman is left alone to deal with the horrors of her mental health.
Release Date: Summer 2025
Nina
There’s nothing to apologize for.
Getting ready to go their own ways in life, an uncertain boy and his anxious girlfriend have to decide how to navigate their next steps.
Release Date: TBD
films
The Poet
SCreenplays
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Features
PLeading
Hopeful of his imminent release from the psych ward, a still deeply troubled man looks to mend his relationship with his mother after gravely wronging her years before in a spur of mental insanity.
coming soon
All of our things
When two naïve seventeen year olds discover each other’s distaste in their own vastly different home lives, they decide to run away together, unleashing a journey that proves to be unrelenting, testing their perseverance and adaptability to a world that’s built against them.
coming soon
Timely Poetry
Struggling with her performance in her high school theater production, a closeted young woman has to learn what it means to be an artist while exploring a new and unexpected relationship.
Limited Series
Nightbitch
Based on the beloved novel by Rachel Yoder, a new mother has to put her career aside to stay at home with her son, but the experience doesn’t match her imagination when she can’t ignore the signs that she might be turning into a dog.
Short Films
Think of me
Graced with visions of deadly horror, a puzzling young girl tries to convince her partner of her love for her.
It was raining
Having blundered his lasting stint of sobriety, a busy-headed man crashes his car, leading to a mind-bending altercation with the police that leaves him questioning his reality.
Rock
Pressured into making a romantic advance at a party, a quiet college student has to deal with his overbearing friends while not blowing things with his romantic interest.
Fall back
Still avoiding the forgiveness of her father after a life-altering accident, a teenage girl learns to navigate their relationship through an unfamiliar and terrorizing interaction with a particularly strange stranger.
Serenity
When wine and broken glass decorate the floor, a hot headed server has to learn to calm his temper with his assistant during peak restaurant hours.
Deadline
In a desperate last effort to save his scholarship with an essay due at midnight, a falling behind college student has to make do in the most horrible of work environments, his dorm, with his loud, annoying roommate.
ABout me
Based in Atlanta and Nashville, I am a filmmaker who loves to explore relationships, mental health, and power dynamics. I love to scare people, make them laugh, and make them cry as often as possible. I kid, maybe.
I’d love to work with you on whatever type of project, so feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, concerns, pitches, or musical numbers!
Acting
Film Roles
Cigar Box (dir. Connor Rapp) - Scott
Food For Thought (dir. Connor Rapp) - Niles
Nina (dir. Brendan Kaplan) - Carmen
Ally vs. The Dead (dir. Gatling Collier) - Tucker
The Assassination of Tony Calzone (dir. Camden Parker)- Worm
Romanog & Julietta (dir. Jadyn Heinrichs)- Trevor
What Ever Happened? (dir. Tarek Zakhini)- Mark
Slapsies (dir. Payton Townsend) - Jack
Theater Roles
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Little Shop of Horrors - Mr. Mushnik
SpongeBob: The Musical - Plankton
Bellwether - Alan
Mary Poppins - Robertson Ay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Ensemble
Contact Me
Interested in working together? Want to know more? Want to know less? You hated a screenplay and want to let me know? I can’t wait to hear from you!