I am a writer/director/playwright and all around creative-type guy.
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Brian Sloan is a writer/filmmaker based in New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"WTC View" is his first full-length play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It had its premiere in 2003 at the NY Intl. Fringe Festival, starring Michael Urie (ABC's "Ugly Betty").<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> His </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; ">first feature, the screwball comedy "I Think I Do" (1998), starred Alexis Arquette and Guillermo Diaz and was praised by the NY Times as “hysterically funny and very smart.” His second film, "WTC View" (2006), starring Michael Urie, was adapted from his play and premiered on MTV's Logo channel on 9/11/06.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Brian also created the short film series "Boys Life" (1994), which included his NYU short "Pool Days".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>As an author, Brian's first novel "A Really Nice Prom Mess" (Simon & Schuster) won the 2005 Violet Quill Award for Best LGBT Book of the Year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His second book, "Tale of Two Summers" (Simon & Schuster) was a finalist for a Lambda Award in 2007. His short stories have also appeared in anthologies like "Men on Men" (Penguin), "Not The Only One" (Alyson) and "Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys" (Dutton).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For more details, check out www.briansloan.com and you can read his daily blog, Hi-Fi Bri, at http://hifibri.blogspot.com.</span><!--EndFragment--> </div>