Brian Muna, Guam Native, is an established filmmaker on island with eight years of experience in the industry. His filmmaking credits also include commercial work for corporations on island and has also worked abroad for projects filmed in Japan and Taiwan for Illest and had volunteered for a short-form documentary filmed in the Philippines (2017) aimed to support a non-profit organization.
Under his company, Brian Muna Films, he has directed, written, filmed and produced numerous short films and music videos and has collaborated with other local artists, creatives and filmmakers alike.
In 2015, Brian wrote, co-directed, and produced the short film Luther — An agent is captured eight years after going rogue. His interrogation dissects parts of his past, which lead to an impending revelation. — an official selection at the 2015 Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) and received the award for Best Made in the Marianas. Another film he directed, Madam (2015) — A (fiction) film that depicts the harsh world of human sex trafficking in a non-relenting plight. — was also screened and nominated alongside Luther at the GIFF.
Since then, he has been behind the camera, lensing and directing viral videos such as Inifresi (2016) and the music video collaboration with A Long Drive Home and Acoustic Attack for Breathe (2017).
In 2017, Brian also worked the Waterways Project with Humanities Guahan which focused on short-form documentaries showcasing the importance of water among various cultures in the Pacific region to be archived in the Smithsonian Museum Collection.
In early 2018, he wrote and directed the one minute short film Believe, for entry into CINEMA5D’s Fujinon 1 minute competition placing top 10 out of 233 entries from 56 countries. In 2018, his film Plastic Bag was officially selected and screened in multiple international film festivals, garnering multiple awards, including "Best Made in the Marianas" on Guam.
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