Steve Brudniak
Acting
Biography
Steve Brudniak is an actor, artist and filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. His work as an artist consists primarily of sculptures created from unconventional objects, often incorporating scientific phenomenon like electricity and lasers. His work spanning nearly 40 years can be seen in museums across Texas. As an actor, Steve is a veteran of the Austin filmmaking scene. His film credits include Richard Linklater’s Waking Life and Robert Rodriguez’s Red 11 and Hypnotic.
Known For
1923
Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
Waking Life
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
No Loss / No Gain
A mysterious modern-day Robin Hood gives the victims of a bank robbery a million dollar opportunity.
Hypnotic
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
Red 11
A human lab rat in a sinister medical research facility tries to buy his way out of debt to the company while under the influence of experimental psychoactive drugs.
Lost Soulz
A rapper leaves everything behind and embarks on an odyssey of self discovery, music, and friendship in the heart of Texas.
The Pizzagate Massacre
A dark social satire inspired by the real life conspiracy theory known as Pizzagate. An amateur journalist and a far-right militiaman team up to expose the ugly truth behind rumors involving sex cults, a pizza place, and the lizard people.
Promises
Latchkey kids lose touch when one of them moves away, only to reconnect years later without realizing it, having changed their names to escape their pasts. Once they realize who each other are; they are able heal the wounds of their pasts.
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
In an effort to get back to the top, a washed-up YouTube star decides to blackmail an old high school rival. But when things go awry, she finds herself ensnared by a group of neo-nazis, trafficking drugs across the Texas / Mexico border.
Moments the Go
An existential nightmare of Clive Runnels, as he seeks to correct a swerving life trajectory amid a breakup, his band collapsing, and the new responsibilities of an all-consuming blue-collar roofing job. Fever, his promiscuous younger girlfriend tests her yearning for wilder direction just as Clive accepts a position in charge of his fellow roofers who are out to make his life hell. A poet and neighbor attempts to lend support, along with Clive's boss, but even these angels manage to fall from grace. The story veers when Clive stands up for himself, punching out his relentlessly taunting co-worker. What follows is an unexpected trip through this surreal, cinematic poem.
Filmography
as Dr. Lemon
as Jimmy
as Police Sergeant
as Texas Ranger
as Judge Reading
as John Daniels
as Old Man
as Head Doctor
as Nicolai Klaus
as Mayor
as Felicia
as Gerald Painter
as Howard
as Cray
as Goatee Man