{{short description|American writer, director, and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use American English|date=June 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} '''Brandon Dickerson''' is an American writer, director, and producer whose work includes film, music video, documentary film, and television commercials. He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2011 feature film ''Sironia'', which won the Audience Award at the 2011 Austin Film Festival in October 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/entertainment/accesswaco/movies/sironia-director-tells-story-behind-photo-of-albanian-boy/article_66d973a7-3765-529c-99f2-6696348b59aa.html?mode=jqm|title='Sironia' director tells story behind photo of Albanian boy|date=March 18, 2016 |publisher=|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>
His music videos include work for The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Switchfoot, Sixpence None the Richer, Bridgit Mendler, Dishwalla, China Anne McClain, Zendaya, Steven Curtis Chapman and Vince Gill.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}
In 2000, he won the Gold Lion award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Dickerson is signed with kaboom productions for commercials and music videos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shootonline.com/spw/directors-corner-kabooms-brandon-dickerson|title=Director's Corner: kaboom's brandon dickerson|date=October 14, 2015 |publisher=|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>
Dickerson went on to write and direct three additional feature-length projects: ''Victor'', which had a limited theatrical release before later streaming on Netflix;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor (2015) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3222852/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 August 2017 |title=Award-Winning Biopic 'Victor' Now on Netflix |url=https://gospelmusic.org/news/award-winning-biopic-victor-now-on-netflix |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=Gospel Music Association}}</ref> ''A Single Frame'', which won the Heart of Film Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival and was released on Apple TV;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=2015 Winners – Audience Award (Heart of Film): A Single Frame |url=https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/festival-and-conference/2015-winners-2/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=Austin Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Single Frame |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/a-single-frame/umc.cmc.7x6tzimheqrzl8xgd36mempy |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=Apple TV |date=October 31, 2015 }}</ref> and ''Amanda & Jack Go Glamping'', released by Orion Pictures with a limited theatrical and on-demand run, followed by a streaming window on Netflix.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2017 |title='Amanda & Jack Go Glamping' Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/amanda-jack-go-glamping-1058543/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amanda & Jack Go Glamping (2017) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5578150/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2017 |title=David Arquette and Brandon Dickerson Talk Comedy, Filmmaking, and 'Amanda & Jack Go Glamping' |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/david-arquette-interview-amanda-and-jack-go-glamping/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=Film School Rejects}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2017 |title=Interview: Brandon Dickerson, writer/director, "Amanda & Jack Go Glamping" |url=https://www.lightscameraaustin.net/brandon-dickerson-november-2017.html |access-date=23 August 2025 |website=Lights Camera Austin}}</ref>
==Awards== * Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Gold Lion * ''Billboard'' Music Video Awards nominee (6 nominations) * GMA Dove Award, Music Video of the Year * Clio Awards, Bronze Clio Awards * D&AD Award, Silver Pencil * Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Award * AUDIENCE AWARD, (''Sironia'' 2011 Austin Film Festival) * AUDIENCE AWARD, (A SINGLE FRAME, 2016 Austin Film Festival<nowiki/>l)
==Selected music video filmography== {{sources|section|date=August 2025}} * "Somebody" – Cast of ''Lemonade Mouth'' * "One and the Same" – Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato * "It's On" – Cast of ''Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam'' * "Somebody" – Bridgit Mendler * "Breathe Your Name" – Sixpence None the Richer * "This Is Home" – Switchfoot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narniafans.com/archives/1509|title=Brandon Dickerson Travels to Narnia with New Switchfoot Video|last=Martin|first=Paul|date=9 May 2008|website=Narnia Fans.com|accessdate=29 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111062839/http://www.narniafans.com/archives/1509|archivedate=November 11, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * "Awakening" Switchfoot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/the_wire/2007/05/23/switchfoot-has-awakening-thanks-to-boom-director-brandon-dickerson/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205154114/http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/the_wire/2007/05/23/switchfoot-has-awakening-thanks-to-boom-director-brandon-dickerson/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2012|title=Switchfoot Has Awakening Thanks To Boom Director Brandon Dickerson|last=Nagel|first=Jessie|date=23 May 2007|website=The Wire|accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref> * "When You Wish Upon a Star" – Meaghan Martin * "Three Is a Magic Number" – Mitchel Musso * "Remembering You" – Steven Curtis Chapman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshreleases.com/news/131.html |accessdate=June 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711040311/http://www.freshreleases.com/news/131.html |archivedate=July 11, 2011 }}</ref> * “Move” – Thousand Foot Krutch * “Dreamer” – Bethany Dillon * “Gone” – TobyMac<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breathecast.com/Christian.Music.Artist-tobyMac/Article-324_428.htm|title=TobyMac's Latest: Music Video "Gone"|last=Powell|first=Ruth|date=7 March 2005|website=Breathe Cast|accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref> * “Anytime You Need a Friend” – The Beu Sisters * “Do Ya" – Jump5 * “Next Big Thing” – Vince Gill * “He reigns” Newsboys * “All I Can Do” Jump5 * “Somewhere in the Middle” – Dishwalla * “You Already Take Me There” – Switchfoot * “Superman” – Luna Halo * “Written on My Heart” – Plus One * “Live for You” – Rachael Lampa * “Escape from Reason" – Supertones * “Last Goodbye” – Kenny Wayne Shepherd * “A Little More” – Jennifer Knapp * “Love Liberty Disco” – Newsboys * “This Is Your Time” – Michael W. Smith * "There She Goes" – Sixpence None the Richer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/sixpence-none-the-richer/9973/there-she-goes.jhtml |title=CMT : Videos : Sixpence None the Richer : There She Goes |access-date=June 30, 2009 |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224053724/http://www.cmt.com/videos/sixpence-none-the-richer/9973/there-she-goes.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> * “Free” – Montrel Darrett * “Gravity” – Delirious? * “Thicker” – Chasing Furies * “New Way to Be Human” – Switchfoot * “There Is Only You” – Smalltown Poets * “Thicker” – Chasing Furies * “In My Shoes” – Polarboy * “Butterfly” – Seven Day Jesus * “The Devil is Bad” – The W's * “Ms. Innocence” – Wilshire * “A Flowery Song” – Five Iron Frenzy * “Nervous” – Dryve * “As Long As There Is Christmas” – Play * “Pure Fun” – Sabrina Bryan * "Bastanak" – Elissa * "Erga' Le Shou" – Elissa * “Better In Stereo” - Dove Cameron
== Television == * '''J.O.N.A.S.''' (opening sequence Season 2)
== Films == * ''Sironia'' (writer-director) * ''VICTOR'' (writer-director) * A SINGLE FRAME (director) * BENJAMIN DOVE (writer+director) ''in development'' * CALL + RESPONSE (director of film sequences + artist performances)
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==External links== * [http://www.spiralfilms.com/ official site]
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