
Independent Writers' Caucus
Tim Brennan
Tim's drama ROUGH SURFACE won the 2025 Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition. His western A BULLET FOR MERRI was a finalist in the 2023 Creative Screenwriting Feature Competition, and was optioned in July of 2025. He's a fan of projects that blend genre thrills and social commentary. Tim is also a film critic for www.aboutboulder.com.
Honors & Awards
Winner, Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition - ROUGH SURFACE - 2025
Finalist, Creative Screenwriting Feature Screenplay Competition - A BULLET FOR MERRI - 2023
Top 10, Table Read My Screenplay - ROUGH SURFACE - 2023"
non-WGA
Male, 40+

ROUGH SURFACE
Drama
SPOTLIGHT meets WIND RIVER
When the 1980 murder of a Lakota Sioux girl is ignored by authorities, a tenacious reporter risks her career to investigate, rocking the foundations of a small town. Based on actual events.
KHALID AND THE GREAT BEYOND
Comedy
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE meets MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN
When an atheistic physicist dies, he and the Goddess of Safe Returns must determine why the dead are going to the wrong afterlives and prevent the destruction of reality.
HUNTER'S MOON
Action/horror
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON meets PREDATOR
When a pack of werewolves is pursued by skilled hunters, they must fight to survive in the wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Character-driven, Crime, Western, Horror, Satire, Bittersweet, Snarky
Male, 40+
unrepped