Matt's spec script, "Triple Nine," is drawing big interest from big names. Keep an eye out for this one in theaters!

With more to come soon!

After a week of shooting in Big Bend, Texas, with triple digit heat, flash floods, scorpions, incredible star-filled night skies, and an amazing cast and crew, principal photography for 'Roadkill' is complete!

Stay tuned for updates as postproduction begins.

Preparations are underway for a new short film tentatively titled, "Roadkill," set at the edge of the world in Big Bend, Texas, and written by David and Matt.

Stay tuned for news!

Matt has just recently finished another script, which we have high hopes for.

Matt and David are also developing a TV series based on the war in Afghanistan, which is drawing a lot of interest.

We'll keep you posted!

After a successful festival run, "Bar Flies" is now available for viewing online. Watch it now here!

And being on this black list is actually a good thing.

Sharing the honors with people like Aaron Sorkin. Pretty cool!

Check it out here.

Thanks for the support! If you haven't seen it here, check out the project page or watch it here.

"One other short deserves to be mentioned, but didn’t get an award. It’s called “Bar Flies,” and is directed by David Broyles from a script by Alan Barkley. If the short is any indication, Broyles and Barkley have the potential to become a new David Lynch. The music, the costuming, the ambiance all combine to produce an ethereal look at a world unto itself — a bar in the middle of nowhere, inhabited by regulars who seem to be in a perpetual state of disassociation. It’s 10 minutes long and was made in the U.S. And it deserves a hearty endorsement."

Thanks to Charles Ealy and the Austin 360 Movie Blog for this great review!

Read the entire entry here.

More information to come - stay tuned!

'Bar Flies' will play at the 10th annual Santa Fe Film Festival in December.  We can't wait!

'Bar Flies' will be playing in Shorts 7 on October 23 and 28.  If you're in Austin, check it out!

We're super excited to hear that 'Bar Flies' will be playing at the Austin Film Festival in October and the Big Apple Film Festival in November.  We should be at both and hope to see you there!

The event in Oregon has been called the "Animal House" of film festivals...

Huh.

Sounds promising!

Bendfilm website.

At the Action/Cut Short Film Competition - named one of the top 10 short film festivals in the world by MovieMaker magazine!

And more to come.
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'Bar Flies' is a finalist in the Action/Cut Short Film Competition as well as the FirstGlance Film Festival Online Contest, where it will be viewable in its entirety and voted on by the public.  More details to come, but we'll need your votes to win!

We've added two new links to the upper right corner of the site.  For those who are on Facebook, click on the icon and become a Hazard Pay Productions fan!  You can also sign up for an RSS feed that will keep you up to date on all the latest news and posts.

There are a huge range of opinions on the usefulness of storyboards.  Some filmmakers never do them, some only do them for complicated action scenes, and some do them for the whole movie.  I'm of that last group and have found them to be the most important part of preproduction in helping me visualize the film before actual shooting it.  So, for those who might interested, here are the original storyboards for "Bar Flies" and "After I'm Dead."

'Bar Flies' will screen as part of Seattle International Film Festival Cinema's 2009 1 Reel Film Fest at Bumbershoot.

Take a look at their website.

Check out the schedule here.

If you missed it on TV or DVD, you can now watch 'Swim' on Youtube!

Check it out!

To read more about this prestigious and long-running festival, along with screening times and other information, check out the website.

SLICE is a new literary magazine created to provide a forum for dynamic conversations between emerging and established authors.

Featured authors have included Salman Rushdie, Nam Le, Kathryn Harrison, Andrew Sean Greer, Junot Diaz, Steve Almond, C.K. William, and graphic novelist Adrian Tomine!

Matt's feature article for the July issue of Texas Monthly Magazine has been nominated for Story of the Year in the prestigious National City and Regional Magazine Awards.  Now in it's 24th year, the awards received nearly 800 article submissions for consideration - Matt's article is one of five finalists in its category.

"Bar Flies" has finished filming!  Stay tuned for updates!  But, in the meantime, check out some production photos and the newly added project page.

Hazard Pay Productions and David Broyles to produce and direct the highly reviewed short script "Bar Flies," written by Alan Barkley.

From InkTip.com:

Hazard Pay Productions Acquires Short 'Bar Flies'

David Broyles with Hazard Pay Productions has acquired the short script "Bar Flies" by scribe Alan Barkley through InkTip.com  "Bar Flies" was a Finalist in the 2006 Gimee Credit Competition.  Hazard Pay Productions has made award-winning films that have screened in festivals across the country, including the prestigious Austin Film Festival and Jackson Hole Film Festival.  Additionally, it has a film that will be premiering on The Documentary Channel in October.  "I'm very much looking forward to directing Alan's wonderful script "Bar Flies," said Broyles.

With new photos and cast and crew.

Read the article about 'Swim' screening at Texas A&M International University in recognition of Veteran's Day here.

In case you missed the premiere, here's the upcoming TV schedule and channel list for "Swim."  Keep in mind that the actual start times might actually be 10 minutes later than what is listed below.

WHEN:

10/11/08 : 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
10/12/08 : 03:00 AM - 04:00 AM
10/14/08 : 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
10/29/08 : 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

WHERE:

'After I'm Dead,' starring Timothy Fannon and Agustine Welles, is currently in post-production.  It's about two brothers on a road trip to shoot their father out of a cannon at Gettysburg.  Stay tuned for updates!

'Swim' is being profiled as the "Main Featured Doc" on the Documentary Channel homepage and will premiere October 6th at 9PM eastern time.

'Swim' is now being sold through the Documentary Channel online store! Half of all DVD profits will be donated to charities dedicated to making an immediate difference in the lives of disabled veterans and their families.  Buy yours today, and buy one for a friend, too!

An award-winning film.  Check it out here.

'Swim' will be shown in rotation on The Documentary Channel.  More details to follow soon.

"The Shopkeeper's Daughter," a short film by David Broyles, Morgan Faust, and Bryan Parker, won the grand prize in it's category at the Independent Features Film Festival.  Read more in a report by the The New York Sun.

The semifinalists will be announced in August.

Calling it "a solid, non-strident and determinedly apolitical documentary" that is "a soothing yet serious, beautifully photographed affair."

Read the full review here.

"The Shopkeeper's Daughter," by David Broyles, Morgan Faust, and Bryan Parker will advance to the final round of the Living History Film Project and screen at the Independent Features Film Fest at Tribeca Cinemas. A huge thanks to all who voted!

From VARIETY magazine:

"The Visiting Nurse Service of New York doesn't sound like a film-related org, but the group is backing the Living History Project: Independent Short Film Contest. The competish is for college-age filmmakers from Columbia, NYU, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Staten Island College, City College of New York and the New York Film Academy.

Five finalists will be screened at the Independent Features Film Festival at Tribeca Cinemas on July 25-27, with the winner taking home $10,000 in scholarship money. The contest marks the 25th anni of the nurse service's hospice program. Students were challenged to create short profile pics of hospice patients. Thirteen pics were produced, and the final five were chosen via online voting polls, which closed on June 30.

David Broyles' film was the top vote-getter; 2,775 total votes were tallied. Works by Jason Thompson, Victor Suarez, Martin Toro and J.D. Amato will also be featured at the festival."

"Soldier" is an incredible first-hand account of Matt's time in Iraq and, later, his return to Texas.  This is the real war, unfiltered.  Please buy the July issue and/or read it here.

Swim screened at its world premiere to rave reviews and won the inaugural American Pride Films Award.

Swim is now one of only 4 films in the festival to be selected as a featured screening at the upcoming Jackson Hole Film Festival!

"Porter's Potties" is an improvisational short about two brothers in search of a New Jersey porta-potty.  Along the way, they put up with a lot of each other's crap.

Check it out here!

Hazard Pay Productions is proud to announce that SWIM has been
officially selected for the Jackson Hole Film Festival and the GI Film
Festival in Washington D.C. More details about the programming
schedule and details will be made available soon.

Check out the full short film "Birds of a Feather" here.

The project pages for the short films "Birds of a Feather" and "Comforter" have been added.

Due to numerous requests, we've added a section to the "Swim" project page with links to disabled veterans charities here.

Hazard Pay Productions dot com is now live.  Please join our emailing list to stay current on upcoming events and news.

The trailer for Swim has been added to its project page, under Video Clips.  It is also viewable on Youtube here.

Homecoming has been selected to screen at the prestigious Austin Film Festival.  Homecoming will be shown in the "Shorts 8" program.  Dates, times, and locations can be found at the link here.
If you're in Austin, please see and support the film!