Dustin Brown is a director, screenwriter, and editor with a passion for telling character-driven, socially conscious stories. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute Directing Program.

His short film SOLIDARITY was a Cannes/BAFTA/Clermont-Ferrand Official Selection and won numerous awards including Best Short Film at the San Diego Film Festival, Best Short Santa Monica Film Festival, and winner of the Kodak Student Film Scholarship.

His AFI thesis film CLARITY was featured by Film Independent and won the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Prize for a film that “accurately and positively portrays science and technology”.

Dustin wrote, directed, and edited the viral animal rights short CASA DE CARNE which received over
10 million views and won 6 Telly Awards including Gold for “Social Responsibility”. He collaborated with the Humane Society and Fur Free Alliance on the anti-fur short HIDE starring Mena Suvari with music by Billie Eilish. He recently released his first stop-motion animation SUPER COW featuring music by Moby, which won Best Short Film at the 2023 Santa Monica Film Festival and received 8 Telly Awards.

Currently, he is in post-production on the narrative feature film SOLIDARITY, which was selected for the NALIP Latino Media Market and received the Film Independent Picture Shop Feature Film Grant.

Contact:
dustintoddfilms@gmail.com