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Bradley Beesley

Bradley Beesley is an Austin-based director, producer, and cinematographer known for feature documentaries that mine odd corners of Americana—hand-fishing Okie noodlers, women bull-riders inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary rodeo, high-school football fa…

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Production company & representation
Onion Creek Productions
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Conversations with Ben Steinbauer (credits Beesley; notes joint con-man doc series in development)
Voyage Austin · 2024 · press
Austin Film Festival lineup includes Fathers of Football directed by Bradley Beesley
Variety · 2018 · press
Austin Film Festival 2018 slate includes Fathers of Football
Deadline · 2018 · press
Selected clients
AppleNikeFacebookTargetDellWarner Bros.Costa Del MarJamesonYeti

Bio & background

Bradley Beesley is an Austin-based director, producer, and cinematographer known for feature documentaries that mine odd corners of Americana—hand-fishing Okie noodlers, women bull-riders inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary rodeo, high-school football fathers, and a long collaboration with The Flaming Lips. His films include Okie Noodling and its sequel (PBS), Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo (HBO), The Fearless Freaks, Summercamp!, The Creek Runs Red (Independent Lens), Bluefin on the Line, Calls to Okies, and Fathers of Football (Amazon; Austin Film Festival 2018). He has directed and executive-produced unscripted television including Paranormal State (A&E), Quints by Surprise (TLC), and Mudcats (History/Nat Geo), with producing and camera credits on Storm Chasers and Rollergirls. Between long-form projects he directs commercials and branded content; roster and bio sources credit work for Apple, Nike, Dell, Warner Bros., Costa Del Mar, Yeti, Jameson, Facebook, and Target. Onion Creek Productions describes his advertising voice as a “unique blend of the real, the whimsical, and the fantastical.” He is represented for commercial, TV, film, and documentary work by Austin’s Onion Creek Productions.

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Awards
    Press
    • Conversations with Ben Steinbauer (credits Beesley; notes joint con-man doc series in development)
      Voyage Austin · 2024
    • Austin Film Festival lineup includes Fathers of Football directed by Bradley Beesley
      Variety · 2018
    Austin Film Festival 2018 slate includes Fathers of Football
    Deadline · 2018
  • Bluefin on the Line covered at Hill Country Film Festival
    Slackerwood · 2014
  • Watch The Flaming Lips’ Fantastical Freakout Film Christmas on Mars (co-directed with Wayne Coyne; 16mm black-and-white)
    The Playlist / IndieWire · 2013
  • Video: Austin Filmmaker Bradley Beesley on noodling legalization in Texas
    Texas Tribune · 2011
  • IMDb filmography and bio (feature docs, TV series, commercial clients listed)
    IMDb
  • Onion Creek Productions director roster bio
    Onion Creek Productions