Brendan Beachman was born and raised in the tiny mining community of Craig, Colorado (South Park incarnate). He is a graduate of Montana State University, where he studied film/photography, with an emphasis on screenwriting/directing and production design. His senior thesis film "Stasis" (2008) played at festivals worldwide.

In '09, he made the intelligent, well-informed decision to move to LA sight unseen and broke as a joke. Somehow, through stupid luck or just plain dogged determination (most likely a combo of both), he has Forrest Gumped his way into a successful directing career. Over the past 15 years, he has cut his teeth writing, directing, producing, editing, and designing sound for hundreds of advertisements and is now a full-time commercial director with worldwide representation.

His passion forever remains with narrative film, so he has also written and directed many short films that have won festival awards, including the semi-biographical dark comedy "Intersection" and the recently released dramedy "A Wedding Day." He also has two horror shorts featured on the wildly popular Gunpowder and Sky platform ALTER. His award-winning feature screenplay, THE LOOKOUT—written in tandem with Justin Boyes—is currently optioned and slated to film in September 2026.

When not obsessing over film, he's a longtime punk drummer, outdoor enthusiast, sandwich lover... but most importantly, husband to an incredible woman and dad to one rad 4-year-old and one adorable newborn. Currently based in Los Angeles.