Creative Thinking. Practical Approaches.

Brad Jayne is an independent filmmaker and commercial producer based in Charleston, SC. He leads large teams and manages complex projects for top companies and platforms, including broadcast spots, branded content, independent feature-films, documentaries, and more.

His hallmark is highly-imaginative projects created with practicality and fiscally-sound approaches. His long-standing relationships with major corporations, agencies, and non-profit organizations is a testament to this professionalism; the celebration of his work by major film festivals and media organizations such as Sundance, Tribeca, Raindance, Palm Springs Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Sun Valley Film Festival, FantasticFest, the American Jazz Museum, and hundreds more demonstrates the quality and creativity of his product.

Recent Clients include Abbott, Adidas, McGarryBowen, Benlystra, BASF, U.S. Navy, Loyal Kaspar, Last Week Tonight, Mercedes, TrueBill, Darkness2Light, A&E, Volvo, and South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. 

Brad’s work as an independent filmmaker focuses on unconventional, multi-layered storytelling, often focusing on themes related to mental health and personal experiences with PTSD. He’s currently developing his second feature-film as writer/director, The Purpose of Winter, inspired by his experience with child sexual abuse and sexual violence supported by a network of issue NPOs and experts.

He has also built programs that support the media arts in the Southeast and the world. This includes LONG LENS, an entrepreneurship program for established producers and filmmakers focusing on capital, marketing, and distribution with industry Advisors, with a broader goal of building a financially-viable in-state industry of production and development within the global $700B film and TV market; the South Carolina Film Commission's INDIE GRANTS, where he produces professional short film projects by South Carolina filmmakers with collaborators such as Jackie Hoffman, Russell Carpenter, Anna Camp, Madeleine McGraw, and Brad Land; and the WIDE ANGLE PROJECT with Producer Effie Brown, the only state-supported media lab in the nation for underrepresented filmmakers.

Brad had also developed and implemented production career pipelines based on innovative workforce training and paid internships with film and television projects; advises and conducts programming for dozens of film festivals; consults for K-12 and university media arts programs; and mentors and produces pioneering work with emerging filmmakers and artists,

Though traveling far and wide, Brad is proudly a Southern storyteller and filmmaker. He recognizes the immense resources and rich culture of his home region and has dedicated himself to the advancement of its communities and production industry.