Peggy Bruen

Personal Bio

Peggy Bruen is an award-winning writer/producer of multimedia shorts and feature films. Bruen has a strong background in marketing and fundraising for such notable organizations as The Music Center of Los Angeles (Director of Annual Fund), The Pantages and Geffen Theatres in Hollywood.

• Currently Bruen is in development with 3 feature films and 1 TV series.
• Produced, co-directed and scripted feature An Existential Affair with Oscar-winner Martin Landau; distributed through Maverick Entertainment and Warner Pictures.
• Received international acclaim for the award-winning short film she directed, Diversions (Berlinale, Slamdance and 20 festivals world-wide).
• Joined the LA International Shorts and Slamdance Film Festivals as head programmer, creating loglines and synopsis for hundreds of films.
• Produced and scripted Alexa, a 35mm feature film for
• Currently, Bruen has a short Sci-Fi film about male abortions –The Abortion Technician in Studio City Film Festival Nov. 2022.

Before cinema, Peggy collaborated Off-Broadway in New York with legends Sam Shepard and Patti Smith, producing their original stage plays.

Before Off B’way, Bruen was a model for Diane von Furstenberg.

Peggy Bruen, a New Yorker, has traveled extensively through North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Iceland, and Romania.

Screenplay Awards

Oedipus Millennial – Capital Fund Award  

Diversions – Slamdance Film Festival – Most Erotic Black/White Short Film, screened with Kirby Dick’s documentary Sick

Never Love Again – Capitol Fund Screenplay Competition Finalist, Finalist Atlanta Screenplay Competition, BlueCat finalist

Marilyn – BlueCat Screenplay Competition Finalist

Sacagawea, Blue Water – SAG Native-American Script Development Award, Finalist Atlanta Screenplay Competition.

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