“…we’re both one paper cut away from walking out of this goddamn hotel room.”

BRIAN LEAHY is a writer, director and editor whose work resounds with acerbic dialogue and relishes in our most uncomfortable moments.

He founded Paper Cut Productions in 2026 to give a singular home to his disparate works and share too much about them.

  • Film Still from the Short Film "Made Public"

    Made Public (2019)

    writer/editor
    run time: 14 min

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  • Glitterbomb (2026)

    director/co-writer/editor
    COMING SOON

  • The Noise In Your Head

    director/writer

    watch the series
  • Film Still from the Short Film "Waffles"

    Waffles (2017)

    writer/editor
    run time: 4:30

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  • Film Still from the Short Film "Ransom"

    Ransom (2017)

    director/writer/editor
    run time: 5:30

    watch
  • Film Still from the Short Film "5 Stages of Grief"

    5 Stages of Grief (2023)

    writer/editor
    run time: 10 min

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About

BRIAN LEAHY is a Los Angeles-based writer and filmmaker. His most recent short film, Glitterbomb, was completed in January 2026 and will soon be on the festival circuit.

Additional credits include: Made Public (writer/editor), starring Jeanine Mason (Roswell, New Mexico) and Josh Zuckerman (Oppenheimer), which screened at more than 40 festivals and garnered more than a dozen awards; the award-winning short film Waffles (writer/editor), which screened at more than 30 festivals around the world; the short film 5 Stages of Grief (writer/editor), a SHIFT Creative Fund recipient; the short film Proxy (writer), which secured distribution with HBO; the web series The Junior League of Superheroes (writer), which premiered at San Diego Comic-Con; and the short film Mia (writer/editor), which premiered at Disney Studios.

Brian has also scripted two educational series for those suffering with OCD and anxiety: The Noise in Your Head and OCD & The 6-Moment Game.

Brian is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. He is the author of the now-retired The Groom Says blog, a guide for men in the wedding process. Brian lives in Los Angeles with his partner, filmmaker Deborah Lee Smith, and his three children.

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