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Brea Grant is a filmmaker/actress best known for her roles on Heroes, Dexter, and Friday Night Lights. Her second feature as writer-director, the horror thriller <a href="https://www.12hourshiftfilm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12 Hour Shift</a>, is out October 2 in theaters and on demand through Magnet Releasing. Her first feature, Best Friends Forever, an apocalyptic road trip movie, premiered at Slamdance in 2013. In 2017, she became a producer on the Emmy-nominated LGBTQ series EastSiders, and in 2018, she wrote and directed an episode of the show. One month after 12 Hour Shift wrapped in Arkansas, Brea starred in the film Lucky, which she also wrote. It is directed by Natasha Kermani (Imitation Girl) and was set to premiere at SXSW 2020 before it was cancelled due to COVID-19. Brea has directed many shorts, including the award-winning Feminist 
Campfire Stories and Megan, 26. She has also directed television for the CW and 
writes comic books. She continues to act and recently was in Jeremy Gardner’s After 
Midnight and just completed shooting Jill Sixx’s The Stylist opposite Najarra 
Townsend.

Brea Grant

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Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

Alzheimer’s