Brian Kowalchuk

In the legit theater, directed and stage-managed several plays, largely under the auspices of Equity Theater Plans in New York City and Los Angeles. Wrote three plays; Sniper: A Love Story, A Candy Apple Glory and The Mark & Glass. Sniper: A Love Story was produced at The Tamarind Theater in Los Angeles, and adapted to make the SAG feature film THE BILLY ARMSTRONG SITUATION, which Brian also produced and directed. It received a good reference from a Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Midnight Madness programmer. thebillyarmstrongsituation.com Studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and was a member of The New York Theater Ensemble; and also The West Coast Ensemble. No longer acting.Focused on writing, producing and directing. His controversial, R-rated prestige drama script, WILD HORSES, placed in several reputable screenwriting competitions including The Nicholl Fellowship, PAGE, The Script Lab, Fresh and Unique Voices, Filmmatic, WeScreenplay, Outstanding Screenplays, and ISA Table Read Hollywood. A Black List reader gave it a rare 8 evaluation score; and is ranked Overall Top 2% on Coverfly.In early development on the full-length feature film ODE, which was a PAGE Quarter-Finalist, Final Draft Big Break Semi-Finalist, and The Script Lab Semi-Finalist. odethemovie.net. The R-rated comedy script UNCLE STEAMROLLER & CHAMPION RABBIT was a Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Award Semi-Finalist and Screen Craft Comedy Quarter-Finalist. Has generated interest in the professional wrestling world.THE EDGE OF FORM is a major studio, outer space, sci-fi franchise script which placed well in the ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy, and Filmmatic Sci-Fi screenwriting competitions. Received a Strong Consider rating from ScreenplayReaders.com.Brian has done paid script coverage work for a major, multiple Academy Award-winning production company. Studied with legendary script coverage executive Beverly Neufeld. Is one of the original poets on the Los Angeles open mic scene.