Gladys’ Beautiful Beard Balm

Beauty is as thick as your beard.

ABOUT

Jerome is the Most Beautiful Man in Baltimore, a title given to only the most giftedly handsome men in a culture where beautiful people live a life of privilege and homely people are second-class citizens. On the day of the big beauty contest, Jerome’s beard goes haywire and he loses his looks. He must cross to the homely part of town to retrieve Gladys’ Beautiful Beard Balm while facing a city curfew whose prejudice and injustice he only now sees.

YEAR      2018

RUN TIME      11:05 Min   

EMAIL brianhaguereynolds@gmail.com      Website:

CAST & CREW CREDITS

DIRECTED BY      Brian H. Reynolds

SCREENPLAY BY      Brian H. Reynolds

PRODUCED BY      MICA’s MFA Filmmaking Program | Brian H. Reynolds | Brenda B. Reynolds

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY      Minji Kim

EDITED BY      Brian H. Reynolds | Nicholas Kovacic

MUSIC BY      Marc Pittman

LOCATION SOUND AND ADR      Christopher Broholm

PRINCIPAL CAST     

Brian H. Reynolds | Fred Nelson | Tiana Nguyen | Eduardo Bernas | Hugh A. Taylor |

Imani Edwards | Michael Smigiel

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Gladys’ Beautiful Beard Balm, and really all of my films, reflect my inner corn and tell my simple stories. I believe in the power of the story.

Stories allow us to connect empathetically with each other and to see that we are not all that different. Stories must be genuine. Humor is not the sugar to make the medicine palatable; it is the medicine. Otherwise, the film becomes dishonest propaganda.

My medicine is simple: “Hey guys, we’re not around that long. Let’s treat each other a little nicer.”

DIRECTOR BIO

Brian H. Reynolds is an actor, director, and screenwriter. He earned a BFA in Theatre, cum laude, from Roger Williams University and an MBA from the University of Maryland University College. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Filmmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Brian is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Brian H. Reynolds is an actor, director, and screenwriter. He earned a BFA in Theatre, cum laude, from Roger Williams University and an MBA from the University of Maryland University College. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Filmmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Brian is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

(Update provided in May 2018)