BRANDON HACKETT

Instructor: Brandon Hackett

Classes: Advanced Sketch Writing

Brandon Hackett is a Toronto-based comedian, actor and Screenwriter. He served as an Executive Story Editor on the sitcom Shelved, and as a Producer on The Next Step Season 8. He has also written for the shows The Popularity Papers, Run the Burbs, Tall Boyz, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Beaverton, the latter two garnering Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Writing in Variety or Sketch Comedy. His feature screenplay Toughen Up was part of the 2023 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters’ Lab, and is currently being developed with Fae Pictures. On the performance side, Brandon is an alumnus of Toronto’s Second City Mainstage, where he co-wrote and performed four revues, including the Canadian Comedy Award-nominated Party Today (Panic Tomorrow) and The Best is Yet to Come Undone. He will be co-starring in the upcoming movie Paige Darcy and the Case of the Stoned Cat.