Brian Watkins

Brian Watkins is a playwright, filmmaker and TV creator based in Brooklyn, NY. His most recent play, Weather Girl, completed its American premiere at St. Ann’s Warehouse, after sold-out acclaimed runs at London’s Soho Theatre and Edinburgh’s Summerhall, where it received the festival's top awards, including the BBC Writers Award, the Lustrum Award, a Fringe First and more. He is currently developing the play into a series for Netflix, produced by A24. Watkins’ previous play, Epiphany, was produced at Lincoln Center Theater, where it received five Lucille Lortel nominations and an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Best New Play, after its international premiere with Druid Theatre at the Galway International Arts Festival, where it received an Irish Times Award nomination for Best Production. Other plays include Wyoming, Into the Earth With You, Evergreens and My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer.