Director
Brian Skiba
39 films
Brian Skiba, named Arizona's Filmmaker of the Year and recognised as a "prolific genre filmmaker" by the LA Times (Noel Murray, April 2019), is a director, producer, and writer. A graduate with a B.A. in English from Arizona State University, Brian's passion for storytelling led him to co-write and direct Blood Moon Rising (2010), a horror comedy distributed by Entertainment One. The film achieved notable success within the zombie genre, prompting Brian to direct Dirty Little Trick (2011), a thriller starring Dean Cain and Michael Madsen, which premiered as a Showtime Original. Since 2012, Brian has been a dynamic force in filmmaking, having produced, directed, and/or written twenty-two feature films, each premiering on prime-time TV or in theatres. In 2017, he directed the fast-paced female empowerment film Chokehold, followed by Rottentail, a Grindhouse horror comedy based on the graphic novel published by Source Point Press. The film earned sold-out screenings and widespread festival acclaim and was released in select theatres. Brian's directorial work also includes My Adventures with Santa (2019), starring Barbara Eden, Denise Richards, and Patrick Muldoon, which Universal Studios theatrically released. The studio was so impressed with the film that they entrusted him to write and direct Christmas Castle (2020). A passionate advocate for strong storytelling, Brian often cites Alfred Hitchcock's famous quote, "To make a great film, you need three things—the script, the script, and the script," as a guiding principle in his career.
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Filmography 38
Gunslingers
2025 · Director, Writer
On MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
Guns of Redemption
2025 · Director, Music
On Plex
Clear Cut
2024 · Director
On The CW
Out of Hand
2023 · Director, Writer
On Tubi TV
Dead Man's Hand
2023 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
Secret Society of Lies
2023 · Director
On Hoopla
Killer Rivalry
2022 · Director
On Hoopla
Pursuit
2022 · Director, Writer
On Plex Channel
Flowers & Honey
2021 · Director
On Hoopla
Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped from the Beach
2021 · Director, Writer
An Organized Killer
2021 · Writer, Director
On Hoopla
Obsessed with the Babysitter
2021 · Director
On The Roku Channel
The 2nd
2020 · Director, Producer
On Philo
The Christmas High Note
2020 · Director
My Adventures with Santa
2019 · Reindeer (voice), Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Stressed to Death
2019 · Writer
On Hoopla
A Woman's Nightmare
2019 · Director
Chokehold
2019 · Director, Writer
Deadly Excursion
2019 · Producer, Director
A Stone Cold Christmas
2018 · Producer
On fuboTV
Left for Dead
2018 · Director
On Tubi TV
Rottentail
2018 · Director, Writer
Evil Doctor
2018 · Director
Runaway Christmas Bride
2017 · Writer
On Tubi TV