Brian made first real impression as the mysterious young solider Henry Grenfel in The Fox by DH Lawrence at the University of Wyoming He continued to study theatre and film independently after his first year of college and had since been working in film plays and television commercials while earning his BA in English from the University of Northern Colorado in 1997 Brian worked at Qwest Communications for 5 years as a Sr Design Engineer while acting in plays commercials independent films and industrial videos In 2001 Brian became involved on both sides of the camera with his brother Dean started making short films together starting in 2001 After the brothers short film The Netherbeast of BermTech Indistries Inc gained film festival awards and attention they adapted it into the feature film Netherbeast Incorporated with Bruce Dellis Brian produced and costarred in Netherbeast Incorporated with Darrell Hammond Judd Nelson Dave Foley Jason Mewes Robert Wagner Steve Burns and Amy Davidson which was released nationwide in 2009 After the success of his first Indie film Brian along with his brother Dean were brought aboard in 2009 to write for the second season of Tyler Perrys wildly popular TBS sitcom Tyler Perrys Meet the Browns Thereafter Brian produced and costarred in Lion Gates 8 Films to Die For The Graves starring Tony Todd Bill Moseley Amanda Wyss Clare Grant and Jillian Murray that hit theaters nationwide in January 2010 In 2010 Brian cowrote codirected and produced with his brother Dean the comedic web series Here Now starring Judd Nelson Traci Lords and Alexis Arquette Later that year Brian produced and costarred in Showtimes Dirty Little Trick starring Dean Cain Michael Madsen and Christie Burson In 2011 Brian produced the film Sprawl with Tom Malloy while his brother Dean helmed as director starring Nicole Fox Jennifer Taylor Michael Madsen and Tom Malloy