About

Brendan Brady is a Canadian Screen Award-nominated producer, writer, and director based in Toronto.

In 2023, Brendan formed Accent Aigu Entertainment with Jacob Tierney. Their first production, HEATED RIVALRY, produced for the Canadian streamer Crave, became an overnight global sensation, selling to HBO Max in the US, Australia, Europe, and Asia, as well as to Sky UK, New Zealand, and many more territories.

Prior to starting Accent Aigu Entertainment, Brendan served as a producer, production manager, and 2nd unit director on the acclaimed Crave/Hulu series LETTERKENNY (s8-s12) and spinoff show SHORESY (s1-2). 

Brendan executive produced the feature film, FITTING IN (’23), and has production managed and line produced the feature films THE EXCHANGE (20’), THE REST OF US (19’), MOUTHPIECE (18’), GIANT LITTLE ONES (17’), DON’T TALK TO IRENE (17’), MOBILE HOMES (17’) as well as the FX/HULU television series, 9 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY (21’). 

Brendan has directed several short films, including BLACK ROCK OR BUST (Calgary International Film Festival ’16), KEEP COMING BACK! (Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (’18), The Whistler Film Festival (’18), Canadian Film Festival (19’), and CHRONIC (’23), as well as several Canadian Film Centre showcase pieces including actor showcase pieces VIVIENNE (18’), starring Libby Osler and Enrico Colantoni, TAMMY (19’) starring Michelle Mcleod and Dan Beirne, feature writers, showcase piece EMILY & ANDREW’S GRAND FINALE (18’) written by Laurel Brady, television writer showcase pieces, SCHADENFREUDE (19’) written by Veronika Paz, EROS (20’) written by Henry Campbell, HUMAN RESOURCES (22’) written by Brett Caron and BORDERS (23’) for CFC Composer Resident, Anthony Wallace.

In 2020, Brendan was one of six screenwriters selected for the Whistler Film Festival’s Screenwriters’ Lab with his adaptation of his mother, Deborah Kimmett’s, Governor General’s Award-nominated play, MIRACLE MOTHER. The script was also a finalist at the 2020 Austin Film Festival’s screenwriting competition.

In 2016, he produced COLONIZATION ROAD (dir. Michelle St. John), a one-hour documentary that premiered at imagineNATIVE (’16) and was subsequently sold to and aired on the CBC’s flagship documentary program, Firsthand. Colonization Road was nominated for the Donald Britain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards (18’).

In 2014, Brendan was selected as one of five residents at the Canadian Film Centre’s (CFC) Producers’ Lab.