*Brandon Vedder is an award winning documentary filmmaker. Brandon's career began touring with and making films about musicians. His early days had him shooting for concert films like Pearl Jam: Live at the Garden. In 2013, alongside Transcendental Media, Brandon produced, edited and shot the acclaimed documentary La Source, narrated by Academy Award nominated actor, Don Cheadle. In 2015 Brandon directed, shot & edited A Certain Kind of Light, a documentary short that received six best short documentary awards and aired on PBS in 2017. In Pursuit of Silence, which Brandon produced & shot, premiered at SXSW and released theatrically in 2016 where it became a favorite of critics, boasting a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Brandon’s feature directorial debut, Strange Negotiations*, premiered at SXSW early 2019 to critical acclaim and went on to play 30 cities across the country. The film is now available worldwide on streaming platforms and even made it on to a couple “best of 2019” year end lists.
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