ABOUT US

Jerrod D. Brito on IMDb

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
Represented by:
Diego Harrison
[email protected]
719-242-3755

SBR Media
sbrmedia.com
130 Citadel Dr. 
Conway SC 29526

Jerrod D. Brito is a writer/director from Denver, Colorado. His 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 award-winning short horror film "Horned" (2023).

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

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:
  • Open Doors (Screenplay) written by Jerrod D. Brito
    • Latino Filmmakers Network Screenplay Contest 2025
      • Finalist

  • Nefarium (Screenplay) written by Jeff M. Zook & Jerrod D. Brito
    • Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2024 
      • Carnage Award Winner: Best Feature Script
      • Official Selection
    • ScreenCraft 2025 Horror Screenplay Competition
      • Quarter-Finalist 
    • Screamfest Horror Screenplay Competition 2024 
      • Quarter-Finalist
    • HorrorHound Film Festival Script Competition 2025
      • Finalist  
    • Independent Horror Movie Awards 2024
      • Nominee: Best Feature Screenplay

  • Horned (Director, Writer, Producer, Editor) — Short film
    • HUMP Film Festival, Fall 2024
      • Winner: Best in Show (Denver)
      • Winner: Best Humor (Denver)
      • Official Selection 
    • Independent Horror Movie Awards 2023
      • Winner: Best Original Concept
      • Nominee: Best Humor 
    • WILDsound Horror Festival 2024
      • Winner: Best New Media Film 
    • Horror Underground Film & Screenplay Festival 2024
      • Winner: Best Performers – Natalie Szabo, Ben Johnson, and Lexi Luther
      • Official Selection
    • Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest 2023
      • 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
    • Video Nasties Genre Film Fest 2023
      • Winner: Nasty Gore – Megan Urmann and Natalie Szabo
      • Official Selection 
    • TromaDance Film Festival, 2024
      • Official Selection
    • Austin After Dark Film Festival (Fall 2024)
      • Best Micro Horror Film Award Finalist
      • Official Selection 
    • Cinema Scares Film Festival 2024
      • Official Selection
    • Happenstance Horror Fest, 2024
      • Honorable Mention
    • Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2024
      • Nominee: Best Short
      • Official Selection

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

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

  • Keep Scrolling  (Short Screenplay)
    • HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival — Spring 2024
      • Nominee: Best Short Script
      • Nominee: Judges Choice Script
      • Nominee: Best Plot
      • Finalist
    • Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2024
      • Official Selection

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

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

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

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

  • Sleep Tight  (Director, Writer, Producer) — Short film
    • Severed Limbs 12 Film Festival
      • Winner: The Ben Chapman Award for Best Creature or Monster
      • 2023 Official Selection
    • Ghastly Pumpkin Awards Fest 2022
      • Winner: Best Child Actor in a Horror Short — Beckett Bauer
      • Winner: Best Actor in a Horror Short — Fernando San Miguel
      • Nominee: Best Atmosphere in a Horror Short
      • Nominee: Best Ensemble in a Horror Short
      • Nominee: Best Makeup in a Horror Short
      • Nominee: Best Scare
      • Nominee: Best Twist
      • Official Selection
    • The Mile High Horror Film Fest 2020
      • Official Selection
    • HorrorHound Weekend Film Fest 2020
      • Finalist
    • Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest 2017
      • Official Selection

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • One New Message  (Director, Writer, Producer) — Short film
    • Colorado Film School Fall 2014 Student Show
      • Winner: Best Writing — Jerrod D. Brito
      • Winner: Best Actress — Shepherd Overcash
      • Nominee: Best Director — Jerrod D. Brito
      • Nominee: Best Picture
      • Nominee: Best Production II

  • Weeping  (Short Screenplay)
    • Colorado Film School’s 1st Annual “Fade In: Short Script Competition”
      • Winner: 1st Place
    • The Mile High Horror Film Festival 2015
      • Official Selection: Best Short Screenplay

  • License To Fail  (Director, Co-Writer, Co-Producer, Editor, Cinematographer)
    • The 100 Hour Film Race 2013
      • Top 20 Official Selection

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

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