BIO
Brandt recently directed the documentary film Rebel with a Clause (now in post-production) about grammar expert Ellen Jovin and her traveling grammar stand. He shot the photo on the home page of this site as he, Ellen, and her table passed through Cottonwood, South Dakota. Before Grammar Table, Brandt was the writer, director, star, and editor of Brad Advice, a comedy web series. The New York Daily News raved, “Brad Advice knocks it out of the park.”
He is the author of the book Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength (Hachette, 2019) and has written and performed in three plays (the New York Times praised his “sharp writing”). He has also acted Off-Broadway and in national network commercials.
Brandt began his career as an investment banker and later co-founded Syntaxis, a New York-based communication skills training firm. He runs the firm’s executive presence and presentation skills training practices and has trained executives of major corporations across the United States and around the world. A lifelong athlete, he played professional basketball in Europe and on tour against the Harlem Globetrotters.
Brandt graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in mathematics and earned an M.B.A. in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business.