Brian Metcalf

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| name = Brian A. Metcalf

| image = Brian A. Metcalf by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Metcalf in 2023

| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter|producer|editor|showrunner|actor}}

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| website = {{URL|www.bametcalf.com}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

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Brian A. Metcalf is an American writer, director, producer, showrunner and actor. He wrote, directed and produced the Lionsgate crime thriller film Adverse and the Amazon Freevee mockumentary comedy series Underdeveloped.

Biography

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Metcalf directed the micro-budgeted drama/thriller The Lost Tree.{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3471371/indie-movie-insight-lost-tree/|title=Indie Movie Insight: The Lost Tree|website=BloodyDisgusting|date=30 November 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/thomas-ian-nicholas-finds-the-lost-tree-1118058488|title=Thomas Ian Nicholas finds 'The Lost Tree'|magazine=Variety|date=August 30, 2012|last=McNary|first=Dave|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202047/http://variety.com/2012/film/news/thomas-ian-nicholas-finds-the-lost-tree-1118058488/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=February 16, 2021}} The premiere was held at the TCL Chinese Theatre before a limited theatrical release in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3463226/los-angeles-special-lost-tree-party-chinese-theatre/|title=[Los Angeles] Special 'The Lost Tree' Party at the Chinese Theatre|website=Bloody Disgusting|date=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://musicboxtheatre.com/films/the-lost-tree|title=The Lost Tree|website=Music Box Theatre}}

Metcalf wrote, directed and produced Living Among Us which stars John Heard (in his final performance), William Sadler, James Russo, Esme Bianco, Andrew Keegan and Thomas Ian Nicholas. The film was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and given a limited theatrical release in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-heard-living-among-us-distribution-1202576812/|title=Film News Roundup: John Heard's 'Living Among Us' Gets U.S. Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|date=30 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/living-us-1081412|title='Living Among Us': Film Review|website=Hollywood Reporter|date=2 February 2018}}

Metcalf designed the poster for the Syrian documentary Little Gandhi, and won the Murray Weissman Award for it.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/korea-taxi-driver-asian-world-film-festival-1202607320/|title=South Korea's 'Taxi Driver' Named Top Pic at Asian World Film Festival|website=Variety|date=5 November 2017}}

Metcalf created and directed the drama/thriller film Adverse, with a cast including Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Astin, Penelope Ann Miller, Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Andrew Keegan and Shelley Regner.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/mickey-rourke-lou-diamond-phillips-adverse-film-brian-a-metcalf-1202492655/|title=Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips & More Star In 'Adverse' Drama From Brian A. Metcalf|website=Deadline|date=30 October 2018}}

The film carries a 75% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adverse |title=Adverse (2021) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |accessdate=3 November 2022}}

Adverse premiered at Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/mickey-rourke-adverse-opens-fantasporto-festival-1203477912/|title=Mickey Rourke's 'Adverse' Opens Fantasporto Festival|website=Deadline|date=24 January 2020}} Metcalf won a Platinum Remi Award for directing Adverse at the 2020 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://worldfest.org/2020-remi-winners/|title=2020 Remi Winners|website=Worldfest.org|access-date=2020-07-09|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608053032/https://worldfest.org/2020-remi-winners/|url-status=dead}} He also won an Award of Excellence Special Mention from IndieFEST for his work on Adverse.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/the_indiefest_film_awards_announces_latest_winners_2|title=The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners!

|website=filmfestivals.com|date=16 August 2020

}} Both Deadline Hollywood and Variety announced that Lionsgate's Grindstone Entertainment would be distributing the film.{{cite magazine|last=Ramos|first=Dino|title=Grindstone Entertainment Group Acquires Neo-Noir Thriller 'Adverse'|date=15 September 2020|magazine=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/grindstone-entertainment-group-acquires-neo-noir-thriller-adverse-1234576872/?fbclid=IwAR0FNoSS_HR7qpWNnz7YEOrC879Eyp4sEnd_zzOMBKYAB2BZH8_F57zkjYc#comments}}{{cite magazine|last=McNary|first=Dave|title=Mickey Rourke's 'Adverse' Bought by Grindstone|date=9 September 2020|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/film-news-in-brief-10-1234762876/}} It opened in theaters on February 12, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/adverse-2021-224078/movie-overview|title=Adverse|website=Fandango.com}}

After working together on Adverse, Variety announced a new collaboration between Rourke and Metcalf titled Twilight Into Darkness in which both of them would produce and Metcalf would direct.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/mickey-rourke-crime-drama-twilight-into-darkness-1203022010/|title=Mickey Rourke to Produce, Star in Crime Drama 'Twilight Into Darkness'|website=Variety|date=7 November 2018}}

On December 13, 2022, Variety announced that Metcalf would be writing, producing, directing and showrunning a new limited series called Underdeveloped starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tom Arnold, Mark Pellegrino, Samm Levine, Shelley Regner, Kelly Arjen, Charlene Amoia, Nolan River and Jaret Reddick.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/thomas-ian-nicholas-tom-arnold-underdeveloped-tv-news-roundup-1235459821/|title=Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tom Arnold, Mark Pellegrino to Star in Comedy Series 'Underdeveloped'|website=Variety|date=13 December 2022}} The “UnderDeveloped” show premiered at TubiTV on September 8, 2023.{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2023/07/buffalo-8-underdeveloped-brian-a-metcalf-premiere-date-tubi-1235447641/|title=Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tom Arnold, Mark Pellegrino to Star in Comedy Series 'Underdeveloped'|website=Variety|date=13 December 2022}}

On May 29, 2024, “Deadline” announced that Metcalf was showrunning a new dramedy series with actor Mark Pellegrino.{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2024/05/mark-pellegrino-cast-series-a-motel-supernatural-american-rust-1235943408/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1sbhZr6e0V_HKp0nFELB9cWwaZdFL5IRVRZPr1HcJE-YKM4TTFm0lEdlw_aem_AfefKbBoBt0yNsQX5Iff6YGYcf_3GRPNov2J4ASN_m_FsJukN-eWMJpIpTgBPJmDBbqDi5myTqu24-V666bkX6Kp|title=‘Supernatural’ & ’13 Reasons Why’ Actor Mark Pellegrino To Lead Series ‘A Motel’|website=Variety|date=29 May 2024}}

Filmography

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! style="background:#ccc;"| Year

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! style="background:#ccc;"| Acting role

2004

| Sorrows Lost

| Writer, director, producer{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482102/fullcredits/|title = Sorrows Lost (2005) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

2006

| The Egyptian Book of the Dead

| Producer, visual effects{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770744/fullcredits/|title = The Egyptian Book of the Dead (TV Movie 2006) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

2008

| Fading of the Cries

| Writer (original story), producer{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262406/fullcredits/|title = Fading of the Cries (2008) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

2012

|The Lost Tree

| Writer, director, producer, actor

| Pedestrian

2018

| Living Among Us

| Writer, director, producer, actor

| Paul

2021

| Adverse

| Writer, director, producer, actor

| Dante