Brett Mullen

Brett Mullen was born in 1985 in Hornell New York to Laura Mullen Coleman a horse show manager and event planner and John Mullen a floor covering specialist Brett spent his younger years in Hammondsport New York and later in Orlando Florida where he obtained a degree in Computer Science at Full Sail University and education at The New York Film Academy In 2008 Mullen relocated to North Carolina to pursue his career Brett began his career as a cinematographer carrying out duties as director of photography on Christine Parkers Dead of the Night 2009 and Matthew B Moores Keep it in Hell 2010 in which both films received awards for Best Cinematography Mullen later collaborated with Moore as producer and director of photography on a western horror feature titled Hatchet County 2012 In 2014 Mullen directed his first feature film Bombshell Bloodbath a graphic zombie horror film inspired by the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italian cinema Bombshell Bloodbath was a micro budget film however it quickly gained popularity for its retro charm and grotesque death scenes Bombshell Bloodbath marked Brett Mullens first distribution deal in the United States of American later receiving distribution in the United Kingdom and Italy under the title Dead Inferno portending his future career in horror For the following two years Brett returned to his roots and worked as camera operator on a series of projects including Fix It In Post 2014 Dont Let The Light In 2015 and Maid to Order 2016 During this time Brett established the production company Red Nebula which added a namesake to his future films In 2017 Mullen and Moore teamed up again to coproduce Hellions Rise where Mullen acted as directed of photography Mullens first major directorial effort was his sophomore film Fantasma 2018 a vibrant Giallo with horror icons Caroline Williams and Debbie Rochon Although the film received a shocking title change to Bloody Ballet from High Octane Pictures Fantasma placed Mullens name in a surfeit of horror publications including Videoscope Scream Asylum and Delirium Magazine During the anticipated release of Fantasma Brett Mullen teamed up with writer Bill Mulligan to create a Giallo horror short titled Belladonna 2018 aimed at the film festival circuit Belladonna has cemented 15 awards and nominations to date including best cinematography best director best visual FX and best film Mullen is working on a few screenplays and a third feature for 2019 and 2020