Michael Brandt

Michael Brandt is an American writer-turned-producer. Brandt was born on 1 October 1968. After his schooling, Brandt took admission at Baylor University, Waco (Texas County) and received a BBA degree. Brandt went on to graduate with MA in Communication Studies, with film as his major focus, at the same institution. During his post-graduation stint, he had prepared a thesis on digital nonlinear editing. At Baylor, Brandt became acquainted with collaborator Derek Haas.

Later, in the late 1990s, they went on to collaborate on several projects mainly screenplays long distance as Haas lived and worked in Atlanta. Initially, the duo did not stay together as Haas gave ideas while staying in Atlanta. Haas and Brandt worked together on the script of “The Courier”, which was their first script together. At that time Brandt was assisting Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez, whose full name is Robert Anthon >> Read More... , as an editor, for the Rodriguez’s movie “The Faculty”.

Later, Rodriguez in the director’s commentary on the “Spy Kids”, praised Brandt, for his maturity on the sets while he was developing a Hollywood script and didn’t reveal it because he didn’t want his relationship with Rodrigeuz to be affected by it. Finally, Brandt and Haas got an opportunity when the production house of “2 Fast 2 Furious”, zeroed in on the pair for the screenplay of the movie. It featured Paul Walker “See You Again” this could be the fastest hit song >> Read More... , Eva Mendes Eva Mendes is an American model and actress, born >> Read More... , Ludacris, and Tyrese Gibson. The fans were disappointed with the absence of Vin Diesel “Salute Mi Familia” this could be his infamous fra >> Read More... in the film. 2 Fast 2 Furious, released in 2003, got mixed reviews. Although Vin Diesel did not act in this venture, people loved Paul Walker’s performance as Brian O’Connor.

However, critics said that its action scenes compensated for the flick’s flawed script. 2 Fast 2 Furious earned $240 million at the Box Office Box Office is a Tamil entertainment TV serial whic >> Read More... and it launched both, Brandt and Haas’ career in the right direction. In 2007, Haas and Brandt wrote the adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story “3:10 To Yuma” starring Christian Bale He’s known to be one of the most talented and most >> Read More... and Russell Crowe “Are you not entertained?” This is his notorious B >> Read More... , in the lead roles and it was directed by, the “Knight and Day” fame, James Mangold James Mangold is an American television and film s >> Read More... . Viewers lauded the actors for carrying out such characters at ease.

The movie was #1 at box-office and received wide critical acclaim. Later, Chris Morgan The innovative thinker, Chris Morgan is an America >> Read More... joined the duo on writing, for Timur Bekmambetov’s “ Wanted Click to look into! >> Read More... ”. The movie starred James McAvoy James Mcavoy was born on 21 April 1979, in Glasgow >> Read More... , Angelina Jolie Who will not be stung with her “pouting lips?” Ang >> Read More... and Morgan Freeman One of his notable films “The Shawshank Redemption >> Read More... in the important roles. Wanted was a commercial success and it grossed over $400 million at the box-office.

In 2011, Brandt directed his first movie with his and Haas’ original screenplay “ The Double Click to look into! >> Read More... ”, starring Richard Gere Richard Gere is an American actor, known for his o >> Read More... , Topher Grace and Martin Sheen Martin Sheen is one of the most well-known actors >> Read More... . Ashok Amritraj Ashok Amritraj was born on 22 February in the year >> Read More... was the producer of this directorial debut venture. Pretty Woman’s Richard Gere was the star attraction of “The Double”. Although the reviewers praised Gere, they criticized The Double. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 20% rating. Alongside Haas and Dick Wolf, , Brandt created the NBC Drama “Chicago Fire”, which was the first installment of Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” franchise, which comprises of three shows, namely -- Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med, revolving around the public services in the city of Chicago.

In 2017, the producers announced that they would be presenting Chicago Justice, the fourth spin-off in the setup. In 2017, Brandt will be writing and producing the film “Overdrive”, a French action-thriller.