Our Team

Brandon Evans

Brandon Evans joins Brick Lane Pictures as President, CEO, and Partner, coming from an established career as a film and television producer working in North America, Asia, and Europe for over 20 years.

Following an exciting six years working in the music industry (projects with The Eagles, Seal, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Pink, Tina Turner, Fleetwood Mac, etc...) and corporate brand sponsoring in North America, Europe, and Asia, Brandon moved back to Los Angeles to focus on film, television, and corporate product placing for film and Television. His career included the production and financing of projects from "Big Bear" - starring Pablo Schreiber, Adam Brody, Tyler Labine (Theatrical, Netflix Worldwide) to "Bloodsucking Bastards" - starring Pedro Pascal (Village Roadshow, Entertainment One, Showtime), "Shelby", - starring Chevy Chase, Rob Schneider (Anchor Bay, Starz) and "Pete's Christmas" - starring Bruce Dern, Molly Parker (Showtime and Anchor Bay) "Dogtown and Z-Boys", starring Sean Penn (Sony Pictures Classics.) Brandon's films have received 13 nominations to date.

Notable TV projects have included the development of “The Adventures of Phineas Finn" with Michael Dobbs and David Puttnam, "Bagman." and "Gayborhood."

Brandon is currently working on several film projects including "My Dad's A Famous Movie Star," "Lion's Den" - director Jesse V. Johnson and "The Threeway.”

Mariana Rios Sanchez

Mariana Rios Sanchez joined the development team at Brick Lane Pictures at the beginning of 2021. Her role as Development Coordinator has her involved in various projects from the early stages. She supplies the production team with the necessary tools for the progression of each project and is responsible for keeping track of progress and next steps. Working closely with the executive team, Mariana serves as a point of contact between different parties involved in the advancement of the production process for all of our projects.

Originally from Peru, Mariana is fluent in Spanish and English. She moved to Ireland in 2019 where she completed a masters in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a first class honours. Prior to this she graduated from the University of York with a BA in English. She has collaborated on short films during her studies and her short documentary formed part of the feature, “Is There Anybody Out There?”, which premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival in 2021.