Brandl grew up the child of parents who owned a video store in a small Nebraska town. Falling in love with movies from a young age, Brandl moved to Los Angeles at the age of nineteen where he got his start co-leading a highly respected acquisitions team at The Hirsch Company for four years. As their Vice President he consulted on their client's acquisitions of hundreds of feature films (including CRASH, TWILIGHT, DISTRICT 9) at festivals in Toronto, Berlin, and Cannes.
After which, Brandl entered development briefly as the DOD at Silver Lion Films (MAN ON FIRE) until exiting in 2010 to produce THE MAN WHO SHOOK THE HAND OF VICENTE FERNANDEZ staring Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine.
Upon the completion of "FERNANDEZ" in 2012, he started his second feature as producer, a physiological horror thriller entitled NIGHTLIGHT with co-producers Michael London and Norton Herrick that is currently in post-production. Brandl continues ushering unique feature film projects from concept to screen as an independent film producer in Los Angeles.
Indican Pictures
