Bio

Brandon Towns is an independent film and video producer from the Midwest. His work explores a whimsical spectrum of cinema from a black perspective. He received his Bachelor of Science in advertising with a minor in photography in 2020 from Bradley University. 

He is the first Bradley University student to be the recipient of the Multicultural Advertising Intern Program Fellowship (MAIP) in 2019. He was also one of three recipients of the Sundance Institute's Roger Ebert Fellowship for Film Criticism in 2018. 

Brandon is currently working as a freelance producer and photographer in the New York City area.

2020

Black History Exhibition

Group Show

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Swimming with Sharks Presented by Our House Entertainment

Group Show

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Year in (Re)view

Group Show

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2016

All-City Senior Art Exhibition

Group Show

2021

Official Selection at Shockfest Film Festival

2020

Chicago Art Department Artist Residency

Swarm Virtual Artist Residency

Outstanding Student in Photography at Bradley Unniversity

2019 

Multicultural Advertising Intern Program Fellowship

Official Selection at Centrally Isolated Film Festival

2018

2nd Place Big Picture Film Fest 2018

Roger Ebert Fellow

Winner of (BUBAA) Creative Student Contest

2017

Official Selection at Cardiff International Film Festival

Finalist in 11th Annual Global Mixx Music and Film Forum

2016

Everyday Hero Grant Presented by HBO + Sesame Street

Official Selection in All American High School Film Fest

2015

Best Student Short Film Presented by Little Mexico Film Fest