Brad Martocello is the writer of You’re Killing Me (starring Anne Heche, Dermot Mulroney & McKaley Miller) available on Paramount+ and Showtime. He is also the director of Boy in a Backpack (starring Luke Prael and Michelle Veintimilla). His script “Possession Of The Abby Rose” sold in 2022. He writes across several genres and loves exploring rich humanistic themes through complex characters. He is an avid spearfisher, has a USPA A Skydiving License and is scuba certified. Before working professionally as a writer, he was an engineer, a doorman and bartender in New York City. He has five brothers, was born in Saudi Arabia, and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering. His favorite writers are Ernest Hemingway, Margaret Atwood, Frank McCourt and Tim O’Brien.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
*2020 Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist “Burn Town”
*2020 Final Draft Big Break Top-3 Finalist “Queen of Hogs“
*2020 Bluecat Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist “Queen of Hogs”
*2020 Screencraft Quarterfinalist “Queen of Hogs”
*2019 Screencraft Semifinalist “Minimart Recon”
*2019 Creative World Awards Finalist 2019 “Minimart Recon”
*2018 Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist “American Monsters”
*2018 Page International Screenwriting Awards Quarterfinalist “American Monsters”
*2018 Long Island Film Expo Best Comedy Short (Honorable Mention)
*2017 Directed short film Boy in a Backpack (Over 1.6 Million Views)
*2017 Finalist in The Big Script Emerging Filmmaker Incubator (The Black List, Indigenous Media)
*2016 Script Pipeline First Look Project Teleplay Finalist “Bitter Ghosts”
*2015 Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist “Boy in a Backpack”
*2015 Austin Film Festival Second Rounder “Boy in a Backpack”