Brian Skiba

Brian Skiba named Arizonas Filmmaker of the Year and recognised as a prolific genre filmmaker by the LA Times Noel Murray April 2019 is a director producer and writer A graduate with a BA in English from Arizona State University Brians passion for storytelling led him to cowrite and direct Blood Moon Rising 2010 a horror comedy distributed by Entertainment One The film achieved notable success within the zombie genre prompting Brian to direct Dirty Little Trick 2011 a thriller starring Dean Cain and Michael Madsen which premiered as a Showtime Original Since 2012 Brian has been a dynamic force in filmmaking having produced directed andor written twentytwo feature films each premiering on primetime TV or in theatres In 2017 he directed the fastpaced female empowerment film Chokehold followed by Rottentail a Grindhouse horror comedy based on the graphic novel published by Source Point Press The film earned soldout screenings and widespread festival acclaim and was released in select theatres Brians directorial work also includes My Adventures with Santa 2019 starring Barbara Eden Denise Richards and Patrick Muldoon which Universal Studios theatrically released The studio was so impressed with the film that they entrusted him to write and direct Christmas Castle 2020 A passionate advocate for strong storytelling Brian often cites Alfred Hitchcocks famous quote To make a great film you need three thingsthe script the script and the script as a guiding principle in his career