Brad A. Kinnan

Brad is an award-winning director, photographer, editor and film producer from Michigan. He cut his teeth in the film industry working on Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River in Detroit before relocating to Los Angeles, California. Since then, he's worked on several feature films and television shows including Westworld, Need for Speed, Key & Peele, Workaholics, Community and Parenthood. In 2017 he founded the commercial production company DYNMC Creative with Adam Bussell and Colin Knighton, two fellow Michigan State University graduates living in Los Angeles. Since then DYNMC has produced work for a wide variety of clientele, including Mazda and Mitsubishi to Forbes and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. In 2022, Brad co-founded DYNMC Films, a boutique feature film production company focused on making socially impactful and stylistically unique feature films. His most recent film work includes the short 'Weight' which was an official selection at the 2024 Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival and the Montreal International Black Film Festival as well as 'Thirst', which he produced in collaboration with 20th Century Studios for Hulu's "Bite Size Halloween" television series alongside visionary writer/director and long-time friend Stefan Dezil. He also helped produce and edit Green Day's music video for "Dilemma" which was nominated for "Best Rock Video" at the 2024 VMA Awards on MTV. Brad has also directed a slew of acclaimed music videos with several other successful recording artists: Stampeders, The Midnight, FM-84, Ollie Wride, Jay Diggs, W O L F C L U B, Michael Oakley, Parallels, PRIZM and The New Division to name just a few. His music videos have been shown at film festivals around the world and have been featured on NewRetroWave, Vehlinggo, Popdust and Earmilk. When he's not shooting and directing Brad DJs and produces sci-fi inspired electronica as SLACKMACHINE.

Born: in Saginaw, Michigan, USA