Braddon Mendelson is an award-winning playwright and recipient of the “Best New Play” award for Rembrandt Perfected at the 2022 Long Beach New Works Festival. Moreover, in 2023 he directed the world premiere of Rembrandt Perfected in Santa Clarita, California, where it played to sold-out houses and overwhelming acclaim.
The play is a farcical take on a meeting between inventors Samuel Morse and Louis Daguerre, who devise a ridiculous scheme to identify the first human ever depicted in a photograph. His musical, The WaterWay, recounts the rise of Los Angeles from small pueblo to renowned metropolis, owing to the delivery of water in the early 1900s. In addition, his thriller, Gallows Falls, is a ghost story set in Vermont. Finally, his short one-act Old Friends was selected for production at the 2022 Players Theatre Festival in New York, where he directed the play, himself.
Braddon began his career initially in the television industry, where he prompted the presenters on the Academy Award and Emmy Award telecasts. He eventually tranisitioned to the film world, where he produced a handful of independent feature films, including the cult classic Boogie Boy.
Children’s books come to life with animation, sound effects and music in his read-aloud series, Read Me a Story. Additionally, he directs CineVerses, an award-winning Internet series he produces with composer/poet Jerry Danielsen. The films presents original poetry in a visual manner, utilizing animation, live action, and music.
His next career stop was a writing gig for Sony Television International’s sitcom Ritas Welt (“Rita’s World”). Rated as the top comedy program in all of Germany, the series received the Adolf Grimme Preis. Afterward, he wrote and directed a sketch comedy show called, “The Riot Act.” In the late 1990s, he subsequently wrote, produced, and directed music videos for a variety of top recording artists.
Braddon attended California State University, Northridge and the prestigious Warner Brothers Writers Workshop. He has one son and resides with his wife in Stevenson Ranch, California