Brian T. Arnold is a screenwriter, actor, and director. His feature screenplays have won the Tracking Board Launch Pad Competition, Best Thriller and Best Drama in the Script Pipeline First Look Competition, and Best Thriller in the Shore Scripts Competition. He’s also placed in the Top 50 of the Nicholl Fellowship and the Top 20 of the Roadmap Route One Screenplay Competition, and he’s been featured on the Hit List and the Young & Hungry List.
Open Houses, a comedic web series that Arnold co-wrote, produced, and starred in, was featured on Funny or Die, Comedy Cake, and Stareable. All episodes are available at http://www.openhousestheseries.com.
Arnold studied improv and sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings, wrote and performed for the sketch team Hot Lunch at iO West, and wrote for the CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase.
You can also see him in the background of various movies and tv shows, trying not to pull focus.
Arnold was born and raised in Bluefield, West Virginia and studied Broadcast Journalism at Concord University. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is trying his best.
The 23rd Annual Screenwriting Contest develops talented writers and connects them with producers, agencies, and managers who can help launch their career.
The 18th Annual TV Writing Contest searches for extraordinary writers and pilots, connecting them with production companies, agencies, and managers.
The Pitch Contest reviews original film and TV series ideas for development with Script Pipeline’s executive team, prior to consideration for managers and production companies.
The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.
This one is best-expressed through a timeline ... A totally easy process spanning a breezy … nine years. From Laura: "The Pipeline team has been amazingly helpful since The Mother was a finalist in the Script Pipeline TV competition years ago. It's a story that has stayed close to my heart so I ended up adapting it […]
First Look Project winner (Horror & Thriller) Kelly Walker signed with reps at Kaplan/Perrone in April 2025. The Script Pipeline team helped develop The Stag & the Bull after her FLP win and said of the screenplay "probably the best erotic thriller script we've read ..." Kelly's debut feature was My Fiona, which she wrote […]
2017 Screenwriting Competition winner Getaway was produced in the summer of 2024. Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange is the New Black) makes his directorial debut with the crime/comedy. Stars Anna Conkle (Pen15), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-o), and Justin H. Lin (The Umbrella Academy). Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA) producing. Written […]
