Shortly after graduating from USC, Brad’s credited professional work began as an associate producer on Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004). Written by Tom Marksbury and directed by Tom Thurman, this feature-length documentary aired on the Starz Westerns Channel. The film was shot at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood and Brad’s personal highlights included paying hush money to leaf-blowing groundskeepers, stalking Michael Madsen, asking Val Kilmer to quiet his kids, acquiring a Manhattan for Harry Dean Stanton at 10 AM, and driving Kris Kristofferson to his dentist.
That same summer, Brad’s thesis script, Band Geek (a love letter to his hero, John Hughes), landed on a desk at Universal, and eventually mutated into American Pie Presents: Band Camp. Released on DVD in December of 2005 and starring Eugene Levy, the movie has sold over two million copies to date, and is syndicated on TBS. It’s the highest-grossing live-action DVD movie of all time.
Band Camp lead to another assignment for Universal, adapting the classic 1979 film, Slap Shot, for a PG audience (which he swears on “old time hockey” was not his idea). Starring the “Hanson Brothers” from the original, as well as Leslie Nielson, Slap Shot III: The Junior League was released in November, 2008 .
Most recently, Brad took on the task of writing a sequel to Road Trip (2000) for Paramount, incorporating the popular drinking game, Beer Pong, into the story. Starring Community’s Danny Pudi and the original film’s DJ Qualls, Road Trip II: Beer Pong reached top-ten status on iTunes in 2009 and won the Straight2DVD.com Best Comedy Award.
Before, in between, and after, Brad has adapted books and done professional rewrites for independent producers, including the script for Crooked Arrows, intended to be the first-ever lacrosse movie with a major theatrical release. His script, The Plebe, is in turnaround at MTV (bummer).
