Brian Ernst has spent the majority of his professional career in journalism and freelance videography but has found his greatest success in short form comedy.
He and his fellow producers, Mitch Brinkman & Nathan Hennenfent, made their festival debut in 2015 with their short web series “Dirty Laundry”, a one room, single camera narrative featuring a blossoming friendship.
A DePaul University graduate and former Chicago Tribune video producer, Brian has trained in writing at the Annoyance and iO Theaters, most recently participating in the latter with a Monty Python style sketch revue. During his tenure at the Tribune, Brian spearheaded several series, including the Theater Loop Showcase which aimed at recreating and documenting the theater scene in Chicago.
Brian received an Emerging Cinematographer award for his work on “Ludo”, a short documentary showcased at the Cannes Film Festival, but aims at focusing his efforts on episodic and feature length comedy with his fellow producers.
Brian is currently the Director of Digital Operations for the Chicago Sun-Times overseeing their video efforts.
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