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About Pierce Brenner

Pierce Brenner is a freelance list writer for Screen Rant. He graduated from California State University, San Marcos in 2019 with a BA in History, with a minor in Film/Video Production. He is currently wrting his first feature film. In addition to filmmaking and writing, he also works as a sales associate at See's Candies.

Industry Focus

Pierce nearly always writes about movies, with a particular emphasis on genre films. Being well-versed in cinematic history, he likes to find parallels between seemingly unrelated works, such as Starship Troopers (the novel) being highly influential on James Cameron's Aliens, which in turn had a huge impact on the former's big screen adaptation. 

Favorite Media

Pierce's favorite movies include (but are not limited to) the original Star Wars trilogy, The Lord of the RingsThe Shawshank RedemptionThe GodfatherTaxi Driver, Se7en, and Deliverance. Some of his favorites of the past few years include SoulThe Suicide SquadThe Northman, and Top Gun: Maverick.

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