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Gabriel Brosius

Writer  /  Director

From Drink Me
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Gabriel draws on his global perspective, neuroscience background, and queer identity to create innovative, emotionally resonant stories.

He works across film, theater, and interactive media.

Based in New York City.

2025 — 6.5 min

The Straightening

Writer | Director | Editor

When the queer population starts turning straight, a hopeless romantic races to find a cure.

Winner, Best Comedy Short — Corto Colonna Festival 2025 · Finalist — East Village New York Film Festival 2025 · Official Selection — Bahia Independent Cinema Festival 2025 · Official Selection — Duemila30 2026

2020 — 45 min — Minnesota Fringe Festival

8 Pills and Counting

Writer | Director | Editor

Interview-based play about queer men diagnosed with schizophrenia. Directed as a live virtual performance.

In Post-Production — 8 min

Before We Go

Writer | Lead Actor

A gay couple completes the items on their Couple's Bucket List before they break up.

2023 — 5 min

My Father, My Captain, and Me

Writer | Director | Editor

Abandoned by his father, a boy looks for guidance from the surreal talking portraits of his ancestors.

2020 — 46 min — Equality Productions

The Flying Doctor

Director | Adaptor | Editor

Reimagined production exploring technology, queerness, and deception using original music. Directed as a live virtual performance.

2025 — Interactive Music Video / Video Game

Drink Me

Writer | Director | Editor

A choose-your-own-adventure music video about desperately trying to reconnect with a partner who is so emotionally distant, they might as well be a mannequin. Viewers steer the story through branching choices, deciding how far the pursuit goes.

2025

Jack Spallas — Visualizer

Director

Digicam visualizer for a rock artist's upcoming album.

2025 — Live Performance

Drink Me — Tiny Desk Live

Director | Writer | Editor

A live Tiny Desk-style performance of Drink Me.

Television Pilots

2026 — 60-Minute Medical Thriller

Take The Hit

Desperate to save more patients, a transplant surgeon sources organs from an assassin.

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2026

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2025 — 30-Minute Comedy

Humor Me

A suburbanite drops everything and goes to Italy for clown school in the hopes to win back her ex.

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2024 — 30-Minute Comedy

HomeBody

An agoraphobe lucid dreams to explore the outside world.

Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Animation and Family 2024

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Feature Film

2026 — Feature Film

The Straightening

Based on the award-winning short film. When the queer population across the tri-state area starts turning straight, a romantic desperate to save his boyfriend must overcome his reticence and lead a fight to save his community.

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Stage

2017 — One-Act Play

Flower Guards

Bound to protect a dying flower, two men struggle to agree on how to nurture a fragile life in need.

AnyStage Festival — Staged Reading

2018
Director

I and You

Wesleyan University's Second Stage

Collaborated with playwright Lauren Gunderson to direct a queer retelling.

2019
Co-Director

Saboteur

STAG Nights Festival

An original production based on the BBC show Trapped!

2020
Assistant Director

The Love of Three Oranges

Oddfellows Playhouse

Assisted Dic Wheeler in an inventive commedia dell'arte.

2026

Second Rounder

Austin Film Festival — Take The Hit
2026

Official Selection

Duemila30 — The Straightening
2025

Best Comedy Short

Corto Colonna Festival — The Straightening
2025

Finalist

East Village New York Film Festival — The Straightening
2025

Official Selection

Bahia Independent Cinema Festival — The Straightening
2024

Quarterfinalist

ScreenCraft Animation and Family — HomeBody

MFA in Television Writing

Stony Brook University / Killer Films

BA in Neuroscience and Theater

Wesleyan University

'Le Jeu' / 'Game' Course

Ecole Philippe Gaulier

Semester Abroad

Glasgow University

Improv

Upright Citizens Brigade

Sketch Writing

Brooklyn Comedy Collective
Apr 2025 – Sep 2026, Freelance

The Atlantic Magazine

Video Producer

Led a four-person team running The Atlantic's editorial event livestreams, from platform setup and content management to onsite execution, plus YouTube and digital copy.

2025

The Daily Show

Intern

Assisted with audience management and collaborated with the art, costume, and editing departments to keep production running smoothly.

2018

Atlantic Theater Company

Literary Intern

Wrote coverage of scripts and productions for Annie MacRae and Abigail Katz while aiding in the production of a six-day MixFest Festival and Atlantic social events.

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