Brian Kowalchuk

In the legit theater, directed and stage-managed several plays, largely under the auspices of Equity Theater Plans in New York City and Los Angeles. Wrote three plays; Sniper: A Love Story, A Candy Apple Glory and The Mark & Glass. Sniper: A Love Story was produced at The Tamarind Theater in Los Angeles, and adapted to make the SAG feature film THE BILLY ARMSTRONG SITUATION, which Brian also produced and directed. It received a good reference from a Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Midnight Madness programmer. www.thebillyarmstrongsituation.com Studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and was a member of three repertory companies: New York Theater Ensemble, West Coast Ensemble, and Will & Company (Shakespeare). No longer acting. Focused on writing, producing and directing. His R-rated prestige drama script, WILD HORSES, placed in several prestigious screenwriting competitions including The Nicholl Fellowship, PAGE, The Script Lab, Fresh and Unique Voices, Filmmatic, WeScreenplay and ISA Table Read Hollywood. A Black List reader described the script as "an awards season contender". In early development on the full-length feature film ODE, which was a PAGE Quarter-Finalist and Final Draft Big Break Semi-Finalist. www.odethemovie.net. The R-rated comedy script UNCLE STEAMROLLER & CHAMPION RABBIT was a 2020 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Award Semi-Finalist and 2020 Screen Craft Comedy Quarter-Finalist. Has generated interest in the professional wrestling world. THE EDGE OF FORM is a major studio, outer space, sci-fi Franchise script which placed well in the ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy screenwriting competition. Received a Strong Consider rating from ScreenplayReaders.com. Brian has done paid script coverage work for a major, multiple Academy Award-winning production company. And is a pretty good poet.