ABOUT US

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Produced / Optioned Credits:

  • "Devil's Knight: Volumes of Blood 3" (Pre-Production)
    Co-writer
    Blood Moon Pictures

  • "The Hairy Ones" (Pre-Production)
    Co-writer/Co-director
    Sharpspoon Pictures / The Hairy Ones, LLC

  • "Dance With the Devil" (2024)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "Horned" (2023)
    Writer/Director/Producer/Editor
    Sharpspoon Pictures

  • "Poor Fortune" (2023)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "Deep Focus" (2023)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "Adalynn" (2023)
    Writer
    Jacala Productions / RSVP Films
    Distributor: Gravitas Ventures

  • "Incredulous" (2022)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "Devotion" (2022)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "1 x 1" (2022)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "Six Fingers" (2021)
    Writer
    Jake Byrd Productions

  • "S L I C E S" (2019)
    Writer/Director/Producer/Editor
    Sharpspoon Pictures / Pink Studio Productions

  • "Sleep Tight" (2019)
    Writer/Director/Producer
    Sharpspoon Pictures
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  • "Placebo" (2015) 
    Co-writer 
    Campbell Films

  • "Spoiler Alert!" (2015) 
    Writer/Director 
    Sharpspoon Pictures

  • "One New Message" (2014) 
    Writer/Director/Producer 
    Sharpspoon Pictures

  • "License To Fail" (2013) 
    Co-writer/Director/Editor/Co-producer 
    Train Wreck Productions

  • "The Face on the Barroom Floor" (2013) 
    Cinematographer 
    Lawrence Kraman

  • "Hormonal Activity" (2011) 
    Writer/Director/Editor/Producer 
    Jerrod D. Brito

  • "My Super Ex-Grudge" (2007) 
    Writer/Director/Editor/Producer 
    Full Moon Entertainment, 2011
JERROD D. BRITO
- Writer, Director, & Founder - Sharpspoon Pictures

 Jerrod D. Brito is a writer/director from Denver, Colorado. His most recent works include writing Summer Hill Entertainment/Gravitas Ventures psychological thriller, "Adalynn" (2023), co-writing Blood Moon Pictures' upcoming film, "Devil's Knight: Volumes of Blood III," and writing/directing the recent short horror films, "Slices" and “Sleep Tight” (2019).

As of 2023, Brito provides blogs, articles, and screenwriting services for From FADE IN: To FADE OUT.

​Recent awards and nominations include a National Lampoon & Stage 32's Search for Comedy Writing Gold finalist, "The Left-Swipes” (2018), the 2015 MSNT Comedy Film Fest winner, "Spoiler Alert!" (writer/director; short film), "My Super Ex-Grudge" (writer/director, a short film; distributed by Full Moon Features in 2012), "Hormonal Activity" (writer/director, short film – 2nd place in the 2014 My Bloody Violent-Tine Film Festival/3rd place in the 2011 Horrorbid.com Video Contest), and "One New Message" (writer/director/producer, short film – Winner: Best Writing and Best actress, nominations for Best Picture and Best Director – 2014 Colorado Film School Fall Student Show).

In addition to shorts and features, Brito worked as a screenwriter and production intern for award-winning Television writer Meredith Miller-Post on her web series, "The Grass is Always Greener," and as a writer for a politically charged graphic novel about diversity called "The Pride Force." Brito also writes commissioned screenplays and stage plays for clients, including the Pandemic Collective theater company. Looking ahead, Brito is co-writing the final chapter in a horror escape room and adapting his screenplay, "Patient," into a six-issue graphic novel.

Past writing experience includes working as a copywriter for an L.A.-based boutique marketing firm, producing commercials, nightclub video advertising, corporate videos, and writing as a Content Coordinator in the Broadcasting industry.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
  • Nefarium (Screenplay) written by Jeff M. Zook & Jerrod D. Brito — Nominee: Best Feature Screenplay — Independent Horror Movie Awards 2024.

  • Horned (Director, Writer, Producer, Editor) — Short film; Winner: Best Original Concept, Nominee: Best Humor — Independent Horror Movie Awards 2023; Winner: Best Performers – Natalie Szabo, Ben Johnson, and Lexi Luther, Official Selection — Horror Underground Film & Screenplay Festival 2024; Winner: Best Jump Scare, Nominee: Best Short Film, Nominee: Best Actor – Ben Johnson, Nominee: Best Actress – Natalie Szabo, Nominee: Best Monster, Nominee: Best Kill, Nominee: Best Original Concept, Nominee: Best Makeup, Nominee: Best Twist, Nominee: Best Humor, Official Selection – Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest 2023; Winner: Nasty Gore – Megan Urmann and Natalie Szabo, Official Selection — Video Nasties Genre Film Fest 2023; Official Selection: HUMP Film Festival, Fall 2024; Official Selection: TromaDance Film Festival, 2024; Official Selection: Cinema Scares Film Festival 2024.

  • Adalynn  (Screenplay) — Feature film directed by Jake Byrd (Jacala Productions, Summer Hill Entertainment), 2023. Certified 80% Fresh: RottenTomatoes; 2022 Winner: Focus International Film Fest Platinum Award (Feature), 2022; Winner: Best Horror Film — Santa Monica Film Award, 2022; Winner: Best Feature Film — SoCal Film Awards, 2022; Winner: SDMA Award of Merit 2022; Nominee: Best Feature Film — FANtastic Award, 2022.; Official Selection: Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Fest 2022.

  • Dogged  (Short Screenplay) — Nominee: Best Short Script, Nominee: Judges Choice Script, Nominee: Best Characters, Finalist: HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival – Spring 2024.

  • Keep Scrolling  (Short Screenplay) — Nominee: Best Short Script, Nominee: Judges Choice Script, Nominee: Best Plot, Finalist: HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival – Spring 2024.

  • Devotion  (Screenplay) — Short film directed by Jake Byrd, 2022. Official Selection, Best Writing Nominee: The 48 Hour Film Project – San Diego 2022.

  • 1x1  (Screenplay) — Short film directed by Jake Byrd (Jake Byrd Productions), 2022; Winner: The Herschell Gordon Lewis Award for Best Kill/Goriest Short and 2023 Official Selection – Severed Limbs 12 Film Festival.

  • Six Fingers  (Screenplay) — Short film directed by Jake Byrd (Jake Byrd Productions), 2021; The 48 Hour Film Project Audience Choice Award Winner, Screening Group B, 2021

  • Slices  (Director, Writer, Producer, Editor) — Short film; Winner: Bad Ass Film, Best Twist, Best Overall Film (3rd Place), Official Selection: Ghastly Pumpkin Awards Fest 2022; Official Selection: TromaDance Film Festival, 2024; Winner: The Mile High Horror Film Fest 2020 (Creative Colorado Short Film).

  • Sleep Tight  (Director, Writer, Producer) — Short film; Winner: The Ben Chapman Award for Best Creature or Monster and 2023 Official Selection: Severed Limbs 12 Film Festival; Winner: Best Child Actor, Best Actor, Official Selection: Ghastly Pumpkin Awards Fest 2022; Official Selection: The Mile High Horror Film Fest 2020; Finalist: HorrorHound Weekend Film Fest 2020; Screenplay received an Official Selection nod in the Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest 2017.

  • Patient  (Screenplay) — 2nd Place: Trapped Film Fest Exorscripts 2020 Script Competition.

  • Creepers  (Screenplay) — Official Selection: The Mile High Horror Film Festival 2020.

  • The Left-Swipes  (Screenplay) — Finalist: National Lampoon/Stage 32 Search for Comedy Gold Screenplay Contest; Semifinalist in the 2020 TSL Free Screenplay Contest; Nominee for Best Feature Writing at the Colorado Film School Spring 2016.

  • Spoiler Alert!  (Director, Writer) — Short film, 1st Place: MSNT Comedy Film Fest 2015.

  • Shoe Polish  (Short Screenplay — Co-Writer) — 1st Place Winner: Colorado Film School’s 2nd Annual “Fade In: Short Script Competition.”

  • Placebo (Co-Writer) — Short film directed by Alex Campbell; Official Selection: Colorado Film School Spring 2015 Student Show.

  • One New Message  (Director, Writer, Producer) — Short film, Winner of Best Writing and Best Actress awards, and nominations for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Production II at the Colorado Film School Fall 2014 Student Show.

  • Weeping  (Short Screenplay) — 1st Place Winner: Colorado Film School’s 1st Annual “Fade In: Short Script Competition,” and Official Selection in the Mile High Horror Film Festival’s category for Best Short Screenplay 2015.

  • License To Fail  (Director, Co-Writer, Co-Producer, Editor, Cinematographer) — Top 20 Official Selection of The 100 Hour Film Race 2013, with a team of three members.

  • Hormonal Activity  (Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer) — Short film, 2nd Place Winner of the 2014 My Bloody Violent-Tine Film Festival and 3rd Place in Horrorbid.com’s 2011 Halloween Video Contest.

  • My Super Ex-Grudge  (Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer) — Short film, distributed as a special feature on Full Moon Horror’s “The Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt” DVD; Official Selection: MTV Movie Awards 2007 Spoof Contest.