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BRANDON KLEYLA
Ever since the 1984 film
"Ghostbusters", Brandon Kleyla knew what he wanted to do: act. He
first professional job came in 1991 when he was in a local theater
production of "Evita". That winter, he went on to portray "Tiny Tim"
in "A Christmas Carol" and "Jacob Rothchild" in "The Rothchilds." He
soon signed with The Christensen Group talent agency in Winter Park,
Florida. From then on, he worked regularly at Nickelodeon Studios in
Orlando on such projects as the pilot episode of "Gullah Gullah
Island", "Nick News", and "All That." He landed his first film role
in the 1995 hit NOW AND THEN, starring Demi Moore, where Brandon
plays "Bobby Fricker, " a character that was originally dropped from
the script but later restored just for him. While filming NOW AND
THEN in Savannah, Brandon worked with Christina Ricci, Gaby
Hoffmann, Thora Birch & Ashleigh Aston Moore. A few months after
filming NOW AND THEN, Brandon auditioned for CHILDREN OF THE CORN -
MILLENNIUM'S CHILD. Soon after he auditioned, he found himself
flying to Austin, Texas for production. In the film, which is now
known as CHILDREN OF THE CORN - THE GATHERING, Brandon plays the
very demon that Stephen King originally created in his short story.
In this film, Brandon worked with the legendary Karen Black, Naomi
Watts (Tank Girl), Samaria Graham (NOTHING TO LOSE), Brent Jennings
(ANOTHER 48 HRS.) and William Windom. During filming, Brandon was
turned over to the artists at Sota FX, who transformed him into
"Josiah", the amazing boy preacher who is wrongfully murdered by the
townspeople. After CHILDREN OF THE CORN - THE GATHERING, Brandon and
his family moved to Los Angeles where he contacted Roy Knyrim at
Sota FX, the studio that did his makeup in "Corn" and started
helping out around the shop. He soon was auditioning for casting
director Valorie Massalas for the film FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN (later
retitled GODS AND MONSTERS) -- by coincidence Sota FX was working on
makeup effects for the film. Brandon went into his audition not
knowing that Valorie Massalas was also one of the casting directors
for one of his favorite films of all time, INDIANA JONES AND THE
LAST CRUSADE. Brandon says "If I had known that when I went in, I
probably would have made a real fool of myself." He went on to land
the role of "young James Whale, " in GODS AND MONSTERS. During the
filming of GODS AND MONSTERS, Brandon certainly did is part and more
to help with the production. In addition to playing the "young James
Whale, " he helped Sota FX with makeup.
Brandon
began Red Dot Film Studios with the intention of making quality
projects. Since opening the company in 2004, Red Dot has been
involved in numerous projects, including feature films, music
videos, and documentaries. |
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