Brad Jayne has been a visual storyteller for the last 15 years, beginning his career as an award-winning still photographer with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Now based in Charleston, SC, Jayne has taken the reins as writer, director, or producer on a variety of national and regional commercial and television projects, always striving to learn more about the craftsmanship of filmmaking. This wide-ranging experience has proven integral to his development as an imaginative, well-informed, and knowledgeable filmmaker, as illustrated by the success of his most recent independent projects — the 13-minute French-language narrative short Le Croisment (The Crossing), the 22-minute short narrative Search, and the 31-minute fictional narrative Song of Pumpkin Brown, all written, directed, and produced by Jayne.