Brian Mix Co-Writer/Director For Brian Mix, it all started at the age of ten, when he began writing and directing 8mm monster movies, each exactly three minutes long. The time frame wasn't an artistic choice: back then, only three minutes of film would fit into his camera. Years later, with his love of moviemaking firmly set, Brian attended San Diego State University and pursued a major in Film. Eventually, however, he made the discouraging realization that few companies, if any, allowed recent graduates to direct features, and that producing movies cost a tremendous amount of money. After that, Brian tried to move away from film entirely and began a career as an air traffic controller. Though air traffic control is challenging and rewarding in its own way, Brian was a born storyteller and the allure of filmmaking never left him. In his spare time, he began writing screenplays as a hobby. Brian's dedication to screenwriting landed him in the quarterfinals of the Screenwriting Competition at the Austin International Film Festival. Since then, Brian has penned eight screenplays, most of them of the science fiction genre. His imagination and knowledge of storytelling landed him a position that allowed him great creative freedom as a writer for interactive and video gaming companies. Of course, being so closely connected to production of those writing assignments fanned the flames of his early childhood love of directing, so Brian moved from writing for interactive and gaming companies to industrial production. Brian's position allowed him to create award-winning television commercials, notably a spot for legendary San Diego radio station KGB, and allowed him time to pursue filmmaking. He served in no fewer than five positions in the low-budget horror film Satan's Blade. With the advent of true all-digital moviemaking, Brian realized he could apply many of the principles used in industrial production to feature filmmaking, and at a fraction of the normal costs. Brian worked with his longtime friend and business partner, Mark Yturralde, to write the script for The Five Stages of Beer. Using the SAG experimental feature contract and the aforementioned digital technology, they were able to make a full-length film on the tiniest of budgets. The Five Stages of Beer marks Brian's feature directorial debut. When not writing another script, Brian's hobbies include building robots and restoring his 1955 Austin Healey.