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Aaron Braxton

Aaron Braxton

Actor, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter, Singer and Theater Professional

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
September 2020
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About Aaron

From historical epics to chilling horror, Aaron Braxton's award winning screenplays are a genre-bending symphony. Acclaimed for "The Passage of Sun" and the darkly delicious "To Lie Beneath," Braxton isn't afraid to push boundaries. His faith-based dramas "A Long Way From Sunday" and “The Way Home,” prove there's an eclectic edge in the heavens, while "The Longest Goodbye" tugs at the heartstrings. But wait, there's more! This modern-day renaissance man has award-winning pilots like "The Sub" (dramedy gold) and hilarious takes on gentrification and sisterly friendships with "Gentrified" and "Besties." Def Jam, limited series "Press Play" and the gripping agricultural drama, "Seed Money,” are his newest television pilot IPs.

Also, a multi award-winning playwright, his critically acclaimed solo play, “Did You Do Your Homework?” ran a record breaking 9 months at the renowned Beverly Hills Playhouse and garnered a NAACP Image Award and an International Gala Star, from Bacau, Romania. Other notable plays include, "BROKEN,” which won a Max K. Lerner and Inroads Theatre Fellowship as well as “Belafonte Unauthorized,” a solo play about the legendary Harry Belafonte.

The author of several books, Braxton’s coming-of-age novel, Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings, was distinctly nominated for the Emma Children’s Book Award.

Considered a highly gifted artistic polymath, Braxton is also an accomplished actor who has starred, guest starred or co-starred in many films, television and stage plays including the 2023 theatrical releases of the film, 20 Minutes and the upcoming theatrical release of The Laundress. His short film, The Skin I’m In, has won several national and international film festival awards. He currently has a recurring role on the television series, The Wright Turn.

From the mean streets of Roxbury, MA, to the sun-drenched vineyards of Santa Rosa, and finally, the red carpets of Hollywood, armed with an AA from SRJC, a B.A. from SDSU, and an M.A. from USC, he’s an artistic genius who is, “…better than a master of one.”

Unique traits: An extremely versatile writer who, through multiple genres, creates compelling stories, about the African American experience.

Gender:
Male
Height:
6'
Weight:
180
Body type:
Athletic
Hair:
Bald
Hair color:
Other
Eyes:
Black
Ethnicity:
African American

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  • The Passage of Sun

    The Passage of Sun Budget: $30M+ | Historical ⋄ Drama Three brothers challenge the Convict Leasing System of forcing African American men into prison in order to continue providing slave labor and county revenue in Alabama following the Civil War.

  • BROKEN

    BROKEN Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama Haunted by visions and consumed by grief, a mother spirals after her son's death. Will she find solace, or will addiction and hallucinations shatter her family? Dive into BROKEN, a gripping screenplay of loss, love, and the fight for sanity.

  • The Way Home

    The Way Home Budget: $10M - $30M | Drama A former altar boy struggles to regain faith in himself, his family, and God, after being imprisoned for drug trafficking.

  • Press Play

    Press Play Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Press Play is a music themed drama that gives an insider’s view into the beginnings of the Hip Hop music business by following Def Jam’s first female president, as she navigates through the gritty, misogynistic maze of the Hip Hop world. Guided by an eccentric and visionary genius, she steers the genre from urban sensation to global phenomenon.

  • Gentrified

    Gentrified Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy A gay White male couple move into an all-Black neighborhood and invite their new neighbors to their adopted Black daughter’s first elementary school science fair.

  • Seed Money

    Seed Money Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Amid a cancer scandal linked to WeedZero, LegumeCorp's CEO, Rex Pfister, navigates power struggles and ethical dilemmas in the cutthroat world of agribusiness, where ambition sows both profit and risk.

  • A Long Way From Sunday

    A Long Way From Sunday Budget: $10M - $30M | Independent ⋄ Drama An edgy, faith-inspired, drama about the relationships of Andre, a mischievous 11year old, and a series of family revelations that lead his grandfather, a working class, Pentecostal pastor, to question his faith, murder his friend, and burn down his church. 

  • To Lie Beneath

    To Lie Beneath Budget: $10M - $30M | Horror ⋄ Drama An evil, insidious succubus and her incubus partner, prey on the lives of Marcus, a recently divorced business man and his ex-wife Zora, a dormant witch, in metropolitan Atlanta.

  • The Longest Goodbye

    The Longest Goodbye Budget: $10M - $30M | Independent ⋄ Drama A character-driven drama about the poignancy of a mother and son's journey with dementia and their commitment to keeping love alive as memories fade and life on the road is rearranged to moments in time.

  • The Sub

    The Sub Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Drama A single camera, half-hour, dramedy, spotlighting the realities--comical, tragic, and inspiring--of the grossly overcrowded public school system and one off-centered substitute teacher’s journey through the broken, bureaucratic, educational, circus of urban public education. 

Awards

  • Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6-Quarter Finalist
    (2023)

  • Nashville Film Festival-Winner
    (2022)

  • Script Summit-Winner
    (2022)

  • DTLA Film Festival-Winner
    (2022)

  • San Diego Movie Awards-Best of Fest Winner
    (2022)

  • 100 Screenplays-Award Winner
    (2022)

  • Orlando International Film Festival-Honorable Mention Award
    (2022)

  • Northern Virginia Int. Film & Music Festival and Capital Film Market-Winner
    (2022)

  • Script Summit-Finalist
    (2022)

  • Emerging Screenwriters Historical Genre-Finalist
    (2022)

  • Film Invasion-Winner
    (2022)

  • Chicago Screenplay Awards-Finalist
    (2022)

  • Shore Scripts-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Southern California Screenplay Competition-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Completion-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Austin Film Festival-Quarter Finalist
    (2022)

  • Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival-Winner
    (2022)

  • Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Austin Film Festival-Quarter Finalist
    (2022)

  • Nashville Film Festival-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • WeScreenplay Diverse Voices-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • International Screenwriting Competition-Winner
    (2022)

  • Table Read My Screenplay-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • Massachusetts Independent Film Festival-Semi Finalist
    (2022)

  • ISA Virtual TV Pilot Pitch Challenge-Finalist
    (2022)

  • San Diego Movie Awards - Overall Winner (Award of Excellence)
    (2021)

  • Black Feedback Film Festival - Winner
    (2021)

  • Like It Film Festival – Honorable Mention Award
    (2021)

  • The Monkey Bread Tree Film Festival – Nominated for Best Character Arc
    (2021)

  • Boston Screenplay Awards - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Action on Film MegaFest Film Festival - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Toronto Film and Script Awards - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Marina Del Rey Film Festival - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Peachtree Village International Film Festival – Finalist
    (2021)

  • Screenwriting Master Contest – Finalist
    (2021)

  • Urban Action Showcase Cinema Festival – Winner Best Action/Adventure
    (2021)

  • LA Live Film Festival – Finalist
    (2021)

  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards – Semi Finalist
    (2021)

  • Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Semi Finalist
    (2021)

  • Austin Table Read My Screenplay – Semi-Finalist
    (2021)

  • Big Apple Film and Screenplay Competition (Fall) – Semi Finalist
    (2021)

  • ScreenCraft Drama Competition – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • San Pedro Film Festival – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Atlanta International Screenplay Awards – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Circa Historical Screenplay Competition – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • NYC Screenplay Awards – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Sherman Oaks Film Festival – Official Selection
    (2021)

  • New Age Cinema & Scripts Festival – Official Selection
    (2021)

  • Indie Suspense Horror Scifi Film Festival - Winner
    (2021)

  • Hollywood Blood Horror Festival - Award Winner
    (2021)

  • Independent Horror Movie Awards – Best Feature Nominee
    (2021)

  • Los Angeles Crime and Horror Festival - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Nosferatu Film Festival - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Underground Indie Film Festival - Finalist
    (2021)

  • Chicago Screenplay Awards – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • 80 Screams International Film Festival – Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Urban Action Showcase Cinema Festival – Winner Best Action/Adventure
    (2021)

  • International Istanbul Horror Film Festival – Official Selection
    (2021)

  • ScreenCraft Playwriting Competition - Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Inroads Fellowship - Quarter Finalist
    (2021)

  • Writer's Guild Support Staff - Selected Writer
    (2021)

  • NAACP Image Award
    (2010)

  • Romanian International Gala Star
    (2010)

  • WeScreenplay Diverse Voices - Quarter Finalist

  • StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition - Quarter Finalist

  • ShockFest Film Festival - Official Selection

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