Writing

Ian Brennan

Born Apr 23, 1978 · 48 years24 titles 10 movies · 14 TV

Biography

Ian Brennan (born April 23, 1978) is an American screenwriter, director and actor. He is known for his work on the American television shows Glee, Scream Queens, The Politician, and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

Born

Apr 23, 1978

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

11

Acting credits

4

Directing

11

Writing

15

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

2000 1 title(s)

Too Much Flesh
movie · as Bert · ★ 4.0

2001 1 title(s)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
tv · as Lance Moren · ★ 7.6

2002 1 title(s)

No Sleep 'til Madison
movie · as Dave · ★ 9.0

2006 1 title(s)

Save the Last Dance 2
movie · as Franz · ★ 5.5

2007 1 title(s)

I Think I Love My Wife
movie · as Department Store Salesman #1 · ★ 5.3

2009 2 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

Cooties
movie · as Vice Principal Simms, Executive Producer, Story, Writer · ★ 5.9

2015 1 title(s)

Scream Queens
tv · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator · ★ 7.8

2016 1 title(s)

Knife of the Party
movie · Executive Producer

2018 1 title(s)

Fortune Rookie
tv · as G.J.

2019 1 title(s)

The Politician
tv · Executive Producer, Creator · ★ 7.0

2020 2 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

Halston
tv · Executive Producer, Writer · ★ 7.0

2022 2 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
tv · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator · ★ 7.6

2025 1 title(s)

Monster: The Ed Gein Story
tv · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator · ★ 7.3

Undated 1 title(s)

Monster: Lizzie Borden
tv · Executive Producer