Biography
Brandon Slagle is an American filmmaker and former actor, known for his films The Black Dahlia Haunting, The Flood, House of Manson, and Affinity.
Prior to his career in the film industry, he was the frontman of the Industrial Metal band Die Section and was mentored by the late Wayne Static of Static-X.
== Career ==
Slagle began his career as an actor appearing in numerous low-budget science fiction and horror films including Plasterhead, Biohazard: Patient Zero, Daylight's End, Where the Dead Go to Die, the Uwe Boll-produced Kinky Killers as well as small roles in mainstream fare such as Argo.
In 2012, he and former partner Devanny Pinn self-financed the supernatural thriller The Black Dahlia Haunting, which Slagle wrote and directed. They went on to produce other microbudget genre films Dead Sea and the Charles Manson biopic House of Manson which received positive reviews, features in publications such as Rolling Stone and licensing deals with Hulu and Sky TV. During this time, Slagle was post-production coordinator at Crystal Sky Pictures.
In 2016 news of his film Crossbreed went viral when the casting of Vivica A. Fox as the President of the United States was found to be the first time an African-American woman had been cast as the president in a feature film.
In 2018 he directed The Dawn, starring Stacey Dash, Jonathan Bennett, Teilor Grubbs, Devanny Pinn, and Ryan Kiser, which was released theatrically by Vertical Entertainment on January 10, 2020.
In 2019 he directed Attack of the Unknown, starring Richard Grieco, Tara Reid, Robert LaSardo, Jolene Andersen, and Douglas Tait (actor). In 2021 he directed four feature films: Frost, starring Devanny Pinn and Vernon Wells; Arena Wars, starring Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Robert LaSardo, and John Wells; Breakout, starring Louis Mandylor, Kristos Andrews, Brian Krause, and Tom Sizemore; and Battle for Saipan, starring Casper Van Dien, Louis Mandylor, and Jeff Fahey.
In 2022, he replaced director Jared Cohn on The Flood, starring Nicky Whelan. It was released by Lionsgate in 2023.
