A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
From the age of 5 Brett knew he wanted to be a filmmaker. The son of an internationally known cartoonist meant that Brett was constantly surrounded by storytelling. The love of the craft propelled him to chase his dreams from a young age. After graduating college at Ball State University Brett had already won a regional Emmy Award for directing and was also a two-time David Letterman Scholarship winner. Brett went on to create his own production company, House of Grace Studios and is now a director, actor, and writer. Brett has the unique ability to excel both behind and in front of the camera.
Director:
2008 The Board
2014 The War Within
2020 Genesis Impact
2020 Treasure Lies
2021 Foundations
2024 Disciples in the Moonlight
Editor:
2008 The Board
2014 The War Within
2020 Genesis Impact
2020 Treasure Lies
2021 Foundations
2024 Disciples in the Moonlight
Producer:
2008 The Board
2014 The War Within
2020 Genesis Impact
2020 Treasure Lies
2021 Foundations
2024 Disciples in the Moonlight
Writer:
2008 The Board
2014 The War Within
2020 Genesis Impact
2020 Treasure Lies
2021 Foundations
2024 Disciples in the Moonlight
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.