Screenwriter · Journalist · Speaker
Brandon
W. Hahn
Real. Honest. Funny. Schizophrenic.
An emerging screenwriter with three decades of public speaking, a stand-up past, and a deep belief that the hardest stories, mental health, poverty, survival, are also the funniest, if you're brave enough to tell them right.
FEATURED · THE GLOBE AND MAIL · FIRST PERSON
Mental health is private, until it isn’t.”
National print & online · March 2, 2026
150+
Published articles
10
Years as columnist
30+
Keynote talks
20
Years in advocacy
4
Poetry chapbooks
INT. TORONTO FILM SCHOOL — PRESENT DAY
Original scripts where the hard stuff is also the funny stuff.
Currently enrolled in the Writing for Film & Television Associate Degree at Toronto Film School, developing original scripts across comedy, drama, and animation, all anchored in mental health, poverty, and the strange absurdity of being human.
NOW SEEKING
An entry-level screenwriting position or summer internship at a production house.
Open to in-person, remote, and travel.
In development
Original scripts across comedy, drama, and animation, all anchored in mental health, poverty, and the strange absurdity of being human.
What He Brings
Toronto Film School
Writing for Film & TV · 2-Year Associate Degree
Low to No Budget Filmmaking
Elliot Grove
Intro to Filmmaking
Heidi Von Palleske
Filmmaking
Chris Oliver
Stand-Up Comedy
Comedy Green Room, Toronto
Camera Work (uncredited)
The Dirty Dish Documentary
THE RÉSUMÉ BEHIND THE WRITER
Two decades making the uncomfortable readable.
Journalism & Writing
The reporter
The Globe and Mail — First Person essay, national print & online, 2026
Northumberland News — Columnist 2014–2024. 150+ articles, Opinion Shaper Award
SZ Magazine & Schizophrenia Digest — “My Story” features, twice
Broadcast & Podcast
The host
Snackable Mental Health — Founder & host
Northumberland 89.7FM — Morning Show DJ since 2015
Featured on — Word on the Hills · Pete v Anxiety · Breaking the Silence
Advocacy & Speaking
The speaker
Finding Your Marbles — Founder, 2004. 30+ keynote talks
Toastmasters International — Award-winning member, 3 years
Spoken for — Schizophrenia Society of Ontario · NAMI · Janssen
Books & Poetry
author
Trigger Happy & Trigger Happy Too — RedTapeLab · Indigo/Chapters
Four poetry chapbooks — 25 years, Cobourg Poetry Workshop
Humour columnist — Northumberland Life Magazine
WHY HIM
A voice you can't get anywhere else.
Brandon brings original ideas, a distinctive voice shaped by schizophrenia and survival, and a genuine point of view on mental health and poverty, told with craft, warmth, and actual humour.
"i'm going balls to the wall finding the right fit."
That’s a direct quote.
Available for
- Screenwriting positions & internships
- Journalism commissions
- Keynote & panel speaking
- Podcast guesting
- Advocacy consulting