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Im Bren,- a busy (formerly NYC and Hollywood) screenwriter. After gaining a BA in Communications and a Masters in Teaching, I taught middle and high school English, trained business professionals in Microsoft Office, and grew into web development while working tech support. It was during that time that I wrote my prequel to Shakespeares Hamlet. Aft... er a pilgrimage to Wittenberg, Germany, the Globe Theatre in London and Stratford-on-Avon, I cloistered myself in iambic pentametric verse, until, in 2001, roughly 400 years to the day after Hamlet first prevaricated across the Elizabethan stage, my Wittenberg beheld the light of day. Actors loved my Hamlet meets Martin Luther story, and it brought me in contact with script consultant/director/filmmaker Peter Bishai, who told me that I was clearly crazy enough to write screenplays. We co-wrote two scripts, the award-winning, comic adventure The Dueling Accountant, and our thriller, Rapid Eye Movement (notable as the longest film shoot in NYC Times Square history!). Along the way I became obsessed with story. I savored McKee, Truby, Vogler, several other gurus, and the pantheon of great film makers. In 2004, I created www.bren.us to celebrate film, and to justify all my movie watching. The Dueling Accountant (2004, co-written with Peter Bishai) (Released, 2008)Read More