Brendan started his creative career as an actor when he was a child transitioned to filmmaking in his teens and has since become known principally as the unabashedly personal young auteur behind four feature films Generation Why Rising Star Award Winner at the Canada International Film Festival 2010 Choch one of the intriguing and involving lowbudget indies to cross my desk in 2011 The Independent Critic Spaces and Reservations a grounded and thought provoking look at modern love FilmPulsenet and the recently completed Sensitive Parts Brendans directing credits also include a diverse set of short films on a variety of formats including an improvised act of selfinterrogation entitled Best Friends For Life Official Selection Montreal World Film Festival and his SFU grad film Getting There Official Selection Calgary International Film Festival Brendans films are characterized by their evocative earnest spirit and particular emphasis on character Originally from Calgary Brendan graduated with distinction from Simon Fraser Universitys School for the Contemporary Arts in Vancouver He was recently a resident in the Directors Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto where he was developing his fifth feature film Adults
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