Austin and Meredith Bragg

Writers/Directors, A Piece of Cake | Landing the First Feature: How Shorts Can Lead to Opportunities

The Bragg Brothers, Austin and Meredith, are an award-winning writing and directing duo. They wrote and directed the MPI Original comedy short A Piece of Cake starring Rich Sommer (GLOW, Mad Men), which was nominated for Best Narrative Short at the Tribeca Film Festival and has gone on to win several awards, including Best Comedy and the Audience Choice Award in Comedy at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival, presented by Heartland Film. Previously, their web series, The Defenders of Stan, was bought by Warner Bros. Television. Together they won the 2016 HP Masters of Short Film competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The Braggs have produced projects for Turner Broadcasting, Visa, Atlas Obscura, AT&T, The Smithsonian, The Washington Post, Current TV, and two pilots for Warner Bros.’s online division. As producers for Reason TV, their work has garnered three first place wins for Best Comedy at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards and a National Magazine Award nomination. The Braggs are currently working on their first narrative feature film. The MPI Original Film Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game is a dramedy based on the true story of writer and pinball wizard Roger Sharpe’s journey to overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.