Brett C. Leonard
Brett C. Leonard is an American dramatist, screenwriter and producer. A member of the
Theatre 503 in London, The Actors' Gang in Los Angeles and Tap Gallery in Sydney, "Snapshot" at Chicago's Collaboraction Theater, and Unconditional, produced by LAByrinth at NYC's Public Theater, directed by Mark Wing-Davey and published in New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2008.[1] His plays have been produced in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, etc. Leonard has been nominated for a WGA award, won the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award, and has written several one-acts, including his award-winning "What I'm Looking For," which premiered in Chicago's Sketchbook Festival. His low-budget film "Jailbait", based on his play, starred Michael Pitt and Stephen Adly Guirgis, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, won Best Narrative Feature at Lake Placid Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2005. He divides his time between Los Angeles and New York City with longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Rodriguez.[2] He is set to write and executive produce a tv series for Miramax based on Gangs of New York
, to be directed and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
References
- ^ a b "Brett C. Leonard". HBO. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Leslie (Hoban) Blake (3 August 2006). "Taking the Jailbait/".
External links
- Brett C. Leonard at IMDb
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