Lisa Hamil is a filmmaker whose eclectic career has been recognized for its unique and award-winning material. With Nicholas David Brant, she co-wrote/directed the teen thriller “Bad Behavior” which first premiered on both Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network before a successful streaming run.

Hamil’s work as a film producer and casting director span a diverse landscape of themes, genres, and languages. In addition to her work across the US, Hamil has worked on international film and television productions from Korea, China, Japan, Central African Republic, Germany, Iceland, and the UK. Among her recent accolades: “Tyson’s Run,” the story of an un-athletic boy with autism who strives to become an unlikely marathon champion, which Hamil co-produced and cast, was released theatrically nationwide March 2022. ”OKA,” the story of an ethnomusicologist living with a pygmy tribe dealing with deforestation, which Hamil cast, premiered at the 37th Annual Telluride Film Festival before opening in theaters. “The Citizen,” the story of a middle eastern immigrant who arrives in New York the day before 9/11, which Hamil cast and associate produced, has received numerous awards on the festival circuit, including the “Best Ensemble Cast Award” at the 2012 Boston Film Festival.

Hamil directed a reality pilot for Vocus focusing on a fitness company working with handicapped children, and many additional corporate promos and industrials. She also writes a weekly casting column for “Backstage” magazine. Originally from Queens, NY, Hamil is based in Los Angeles, CA, and is a dual citizen of the United States and the European Union.

Writer/Director Nicholas David Brandt originally hails from Tonawanda, NY. “Hollywood Kills” was Brandt’s produced screenwriting debut and he also acted as a co-produce. He co-wrote “The Secret Lives of Dorks” for producers Steven Wolfe (500 Days of Summer) and Stephen Israel (Swimming with Sharks). “Dorks” received a limited nationwide release through the AMC theater chain. He directed episodes of the award-winning web series “Bathroomies” and “Love-Stupid,” produced the first season of “The Glass Slipper Confessionals,” and wrote and produced on its second season. His recent production credits include work on HBO Max’s “Hacks,” Netflix’s “Space Force,” and Channing Tatum’s directorial debut “Dog.”

In addition to his film work, Brandt was editor of the Image Comics series “The Li'l Depressed Boy” from S. Steven Struble and Sina Grace. He also regularly contributed writing for the backup feature “Little LDB” with art by Scott Arnold. Arnold and Brandt’s joint venture graphic novel, “Joshua Jace: Minimum Wage Henchman,” was released in 2019 on comiXology (Amazon’s digital comic book platform) as well as in print by publisher ComicMix.

Brandt wrote the book (with Laura Watkins on music and lyrics) for "Comic-Con the Musical," which was chosen to participate in the 2016 ASCAP Foundation DreamWorks Musical Workshop with Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Wicked), Irene Mecchi (The Lion King), and Karey Kirkpatrick (Something Rotten). This musical was also selected to the Apples and Oranges Theater Accelerator program. Their second musical “Glass Ceilings” had a workshop in Los Angeles in March 2020 after placing third in New Musicals Inc’s 2019 Search for New Musicals.