Bryan Kreutz
| Bryan Kreutz | |
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 File:Bryan Kreutz at the st.Louis area press junket for the TV Pilot After Midnight April-2017.png Kreutz at the St. Louis area press junket for the TV Pilot "After Midnight" in April 2017 | |
| Born | Bryan Earl Kreutz September 30, 1977 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor, director, producer |
| 📆 Years active | 2010-present |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Tiffany Kreutz (2003-present) |
Bryan Earl Kreutz (born September 30, 1977) is an American actor, television director, producer, and screenwriter.[1]
Kreutz has produced or directed more than sixty network television episodes. His most recognized acting roles have been as Larry Thrunkleman on the Tom Green comedy film Interview a Monster (2018) and Brody on the television series Up on High Ground (2014–2015), which he also directed and produced.
Production and Pilot television[edit]
Starting in September 2009 and in less than four months Kreutz began the concept of spearheading the launch of transitioning the long running Crawford Broadcasting program "The Revolution Radio" from radio into a television format for a pilot.[2] Premiering in 2010 he directed and produced all 36 episodes of the Christian Television Network affiliate TV program Revolution 618 in which he also played an integral part of creating the concept of the St. Louis based network show.[3]
During the first season of the Christian Television Network program Rescued Nation TV, producers Arlington Lane and Bryan Kreutz shopped a number of other game show format TV pilots to production companies. Notably one was presented as an opportunity from KissMedia Limited Executive Producer Howard Huntridge with rights from FremantleMedia for pitching a version of the unsold U.K. TV Pilot game show titled "On a Roll". The game show was already recorded in July 2006 on the set of Joe Pasquale's The Price is Right UK, and featured English television presenter Greg Scott.[4] Ultimately the pilot had to be sold and reshot by a U.S. based production company, mainly because of the climate in the U.K. while at the time, many of Britain's most popular TV game shows were under fire and threatened to be forced off the air, after regulators launched a probe into whether they constitute gambling, according to gambling watchdog claims and timing for the pilot in 2012.[5] The U.S. based On a Roll sets were fully constructed with designs from Kreutz, but never materialized into a production deal.[6] Kreutz, who like Huntridge, began producing the pilot TV show art in the U.S., inventing shows and selling them to the national networks, would not succeed in this reverse style of a U.K. show selling in the U.S.[7]
In 2012 and prior to producing Up on High Ground, Kreutz wrote the story with co-Producer and film festival award winner Don Burnett on the 2013 Indie Fest USA official short film nominee To Inflict.[8]
Up on High Ground[edit]
Kreutz co-created the family and faith based TV series Up on High Ground,< directing many of the episodes and playing the video gamer neighbor character Brody. Along with Brayden Patterson and Joe McGettigan,[9] Kreutz produced the series and was a lead writer.[10] The series ran on several The CW TV affiliates in syndication and Pure Flix Entertainment from 2014-2015.[11] Upon the completion of the nine episode series run, Kreutz had directed over 60 TV episodes, including two TV talk shows, his first being Revolution 618.[12] All nine episodes of the Up on High Ground series were solely written or co-written by Kreutz and Lec Zorn, with the pilot episodes also being co-written by Joanna Ferbrache.[13]
Personal life and career[edit]
Kreutz went to college in the late 1990s to be a broadcaster and that led to full-time acting and producing, all of which were a childhood hobby. After arriving at the CBS News Radio affiliate WKEI in 1998 as an on-air sports producer of radio talk shows,[1] Kreutz played ice hockey, eventually breaking into semi-pro hockey in the late 2000s with the St.Louis Shock of Hockey North America.[14] Kreutz continued as an announcer for the St. Charles Cyclones in the North American Football League and eventually onto KJSL (AM) where he did voice-overs and produced the two radio shows that led to TV talk shows. Most recently, with talent agent reps in both the Midwest and Los Angeles, Kreutz landed a substantial speaking role as the TV host named Larry Thrunkleman, in the comedy film “Interview A Monster”. Larry and his talk show featuring The Jerry Ford Band interview the supposed Big Foot himself who is being pursued by Tom Green and “Survivorman” Les Stroud. The film was shot in Cape Girardeau, Missouri near where Kreutz was residing at the time. Kreutz currently resides in the St.Louis, Missouri area with his wife Tiffany and their three children.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
- Note: Films notated with † additionally have a 'produced by' credit for Kreutz via his company Brayden Patterson Productions LLC.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Apprentice Puppeteer | Man in Red | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[15] |
| 2013 | To Inflict | Coffee Customer† Also story by and producer | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[16] |
| Hercules: The Brave and the Bold | Hades † Also third assistant director | Credited as Bryan Kreutz | |
| 2014 | East Plains: Get Out! | Parade Goer | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[17] |
| 2017 | The Layover | Spit Bag Passenger | Uncredited[18] |
| 2018 | Interview a Monster | Larry Thrunkleman | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[19] |
| The Empty Man | Coroner | Post-production |
Television[edit]
- Note: TV notated with † additionally have a 'produced by' credit for Kreutz via FourWorlds or his company Brayden Patterson Productions LLC.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-2015 | Up on High Ground | Brody Vanderschmidt | † Also director, Producer, and Writer | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[20] |
| 2016 | Life with Jess | Santosh (Voice) | † Also story by and producer | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[21] |
| Nova | Himself
Credited as Bryan Kreutz[22] |
As Producer[edit]
- Note: TV notated with † additionally have a 'produced by' credit for the Christian Television Network.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Revolution 618 | † Also director and Writer | Credited as Bryan Kreutz |
| 2011 | Rescued Nation TV | † Also director and Writer | Credited as Bryan Kreutz[23] |
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 aflood@yourjournal.com, Amelia Flood. "Granite City man's short film features local backdrops".
- ↑ "Revolution Radio is Now "The Revolution" on Television. Due to Popularity in St. Louis, MO on Prime Time Radio The Revolution is Seeking Advertisers for TV on CTN Network".
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz - Short Film Central". www.shortfilmcentral.com.
- ↑ "The Doncaster man who helped bring Sir Bruce Forsyth's biggest TV hits to screen - and to town to open an owl sanctuary". www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk.
- ↑ "Hit game shows like Deal or No Deal and Play Your Cards Right could be forced off air after gambling watchdog claims that they break the law".
- ↑ "Videos". Bob Wells Radio.
- ↑ "Outside Edge: Owen Slot meets the 'game show spin-doctor' Howard". 27 August 1993.
- ↑ "Don Burnett-To-Inflict-with-Bryan-Kreutz". mandy.com.
- ↑ "Lights, camera and action. On the set with the producers of Up on High Ground". PlayChannelMagazine.
- ↑ blandow (3 January 2016). "Local Spotlight: Up on High Ground - insidestl.com".
- ↑ out (22 April 2015). "Christian TV".
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz biography". Deborah Graci TH Agency.
- ↑ BCN. "Bryan Kreutz - Tv Show Credit - Beaufort County Now".
- ↑ "Hockey North America". www.hna.com.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". celebri. 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". shortfilmcentral. 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". fulltvguide. 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". beaufortcountynow. 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". cinemagia. 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". InsideSTL. 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". Internet Movie Database. 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". PBS. 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "Bryan Kreutz". filmgator. 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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