Brett Wickman is a New York based feature screenwriter specializing in elevated thrillers and science fiction grounded in emotional stakes, hidden systems, and real world consequences.
A Boston College graduate and Director of Technology in the FinTech industry, Brett brings a unique perspective on complex systems, unseen power structures, and the moral ambiguity behind modern innovation. A husband and father of three, he draws inspiration from real world events, emerging technologies, and ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances.
His stories blend grounded characters with bold cinematic concepts, exploring themes of family, sacrifice, identity, redemption, and the unintended consequences of human ambition.
His thriller Savior was a Quarterfinalist in the Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition. His action thriller Exfil and supernatural psychological thriller Ghost Writer each earned Stage 32’s Double Recommend distinction, placing them among the platform’s highest rated scripts. Both projects were selected for inclusion in the Stage 32 Lookbook, distributed to more than 1,300 industry professionals including agents, managers, producers, and studio executives, and have generated follow-up material requests from production companies and industry executives.
Brett has developed a slate of feature screenplays including Savior, Exfil, Ghost Writer, Endura, Terror Formed, 17, and Depth Perception, and is currently developing the thrillers Containers and Nor’easter.
My Approach
I’m drawn to stories about ordinary people caught inside systems larger than themselves, institutions, technology, belief structures, governments, corporations, and even reality itself.
My work blends grounded emotional stakes with suspense, speculative ideas, and psychological tension, often exploring what happens when control, truth, and identity begin to fracture.
HUMAN STAKES
Whether grounded thrillers or speculative fiction, the emotional core always comes first. Fear, grief, survival, obsession, love, guilt, and sacrifice are what give the high-concept elements weight.
HIDDEN SYSTEMS
Many of my stories explore unseen structures operating beneath everyday life, bureaucracies, institutions, technology, secrecy, and the quiet mechanisms that shape human behavior.