Shriekfest Radio! Denise Gossett interviews writer/dir/prod Richard Brandes!

Richard Brandes is an accomplished writer, director, and producer of over two dozen
feature films. His extensive list of credits also includes documentaries, commercials, reality
television, and music videos. Richard’s films have been released through such well known
international companies as Alliance/Atlantis, Screen Gems, Sony, HBO, CBS, NBC/
Universal, and Lionsgate, to name just a few.
Feature film credits include the suspenseful horror hit, “Penny Dreadful”, starring Rachel
Miner and Mimi Rogers. Written, directed, and produced by Richard, “Penny Dreadful”
won the Best Cinematography award at Shriekfest 2006, was released theatrically across
the US.
Richard also wrote, directed, and produced the SyFy Channel Premiere hit, “Out For
Blood”, starring Kevin Dillon and Lance Henriksen. Other notable accomplishments in
feature films include “Dead Cold”, “The Killing Grounds”, “The Fear”, “Cruel and
Unusual”, “The Nurse”, and the hit HBO World Premiere Movie franchise “Devil In The
Flesh 1 and 2” starring Rose McGowan and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe. During their run on HBO
the “Devil In The Flesh” franchise had the distinction of garnering the most viewers of any
films in HBO’s history and they continue to enjoy a popular status worldwide.
His most recent feature film is the family film, “Ugly Benny”, an uplifting, feel good
“Disney” type of tale. Richard wrote, directed, and produced the
film. The film will be released this July. 
Richard will be returning to his thriller and horror roots later this year with a film he is
currently casting that he describes as being very much in the vein of “The Hitcher".