Brian Mix - Co-Writer/Director
Brian Mix - Co-Writer/Director
For Brian Mix, it all started at the age of ten! Writing and directing 8mm
monster movies each exactly three minutes in length. The time frame wasn’t
an artistic choice, but a limitation. Back then only three minutes of film would
fit into his camera.
Years later, and with his love of movie making firmly set, Brian attended San
Diego State University and pursued a major in Film. Eventually, however, the
discouraging realization that few companies, if any, allowed recent graduates
to direct features, and producing your own movies cost a tremendous amount of
money, Brian tried to move away from film entirely and began a career as an
air traffic controller.
Though challenging and rewarding in it's own right, Brian was a born storyteller
and the allure of filmmaking was never very far away. In his spare time he began
to write screenplays as a hobby.
It was his dedication to screenwriting that landed him in the quarterfinals
of the Screenwriting Competition at the Austin International Film Festival.
Since that time Brian has penned eight screenplays, most of which were of a
science fiction genre base. His imagination and knowledge of storytelling landed
him a position that allowed him great creative freedom, writing for interactive
and video gaming companies.
Those writing assignments fanned the flames of his early childhood love of directing
and so he moved from simply writing for interactive and gaming companies to
industrial production.
His tenure in this position allowed him to create award winning television commercials,
one of which was a spot for legendary San Diego radio station KGB and also allowed
him time to pursue filmmaking. He served in no less than 5 positions in the
low budget horror film Satan’s Blade.
With the advent of true all digital movie making, Brian realized he could apply
many of the principles used in industrial production to feature filmmaking and
at a fraction of the normal prohibitive costs. Working with his long time friend
and business partner Mark Yturralde together they wrote the script for The Five
Stages of Beer. By utilizing the SAG experimental feature contract, and the
aforementioned digital technology, it was possible to make a full-length film
on the tiniest of budgets. The Five Stages of Beer marks Brian’s feature
directorial début. When not writing another script, Brian’s hobbies
include building robots and restoring his 1955 Austin Healey.
