Brandon Slagle

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Brandon Slagle
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Occupation(s)Director, Actor (retired)
Years active2003-present

Brandon Slagle is an American filmmaker and former actor, known for his films The Black Dahlia Haunting and House of Manson . [1] In 2016 news of his film "Crossbreed" went viral when the casting of Vivica A. Fox' as the President of the United States was found to be the first time an African-American Woman had been cast as the President in a feature film. [2]

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In 2018 he directed The Dawn starring Stacey Dash, Jonathan Bennett, Teilor Grubbs, Devanny Pinn, and Ryan Kiser, which was released theatrically by Vertical Entertainment on January 10, 2020.

In 2019 he directed Attack of the Unknown starring Richard Grieco, Tara Reid, Robert LaSardo, Jolene Andersen, and Douglas Tait (actor). In 2021 he directed four feature films, Frost starring Devanny Pinn and Vernon Wells, Arena Wars starring Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Robert LaSardo, and John Wells, Breakout starring Louis Mandylor, Kristos Andrews, Brian Krause, and Tom Sizemore, and finally Battle of Saipan starring Casper Van Dien, Louis Mandylor, and Jeff Fahey.

Filmography

As director

As writer

Selected acting filmography

Film

  • 2005 The Dark Avengers as Bryan Yuen Sage
  • 2006 Plasterhead as Henry
  • 2006 Disquiet as Brandon Dalisay
  • 2007 Polycarp as Dean Zimmer
  • 2007 Methodic as Detective Colin McDermott
  • 2010 15 till Midnight as Lukas Reyes
  • 2011 2012: Ice Age as The Major
  • 2012 The Black Dahlia Haunting as Malcolm
  • 2012 Argo as Canadian Embassy Staffer #1
  • 2012 Biohazard: Patient Zero as Dr. Jonathan Wright
  • 2012 Where the Dead Go to Die as Daddy
  • 2013 Entity as Damon
  • 2013 Dead Sea as Kier Than
  • 2014 House of Manson as Uncle Maddox
  • 2016 When Black Birds Fly as Caine
  • 2016 Daylight's End as 'Bunny'
  • 2020 JL Family Ranch 2 as Jeremy

Television

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