Q. Allan Brocka is the creator of the stop-motion animated series RICK & STEVE THE HAPPIEST GAY COUPLE IN ALL THE WORLD on MTV's Logo Network. He is also the writer and director of the award-winning feature films BOY CULTURE and EATING OUT.

Allan's first film school project, RICK & STEVE (on which his series is based) screened at Sundance and over 200 film festivals, winning enthusiastic reviews, a host of prizes and a theatrical release through the Spike & Mike Festival of Animation. Outfest Los Angeles named RICK & STEVE one of eight short films that "helped define this community’s artistic heritage" over the past twenty years.

At the Logo network, Allan developed RICK & STEVE into a half-hour series, writing and directing every episode of season one, which premieres in June 2007.

Allan's next short, the award-winning drama ROBERTA LOVED, earned him a spot in the FOX Searchlight New Director's Program. There he made the short SEVENTY, which won further awards including the PlanetOut Short Movie prize for Best Comedy. Allan was named one of five gay and lesbian directors to watch by VARIETY. He then starred in GAY HOLLWOOD, an AMC documentary that followed five gay men building careers in the entertainment industry.

Allan's first feature, EATING OUT, was shot in 10 days for less than $50,000. The film played in over 100 cities and won numerous audience and jury prizes including the $10,000 Levi’s First Feature Award at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and top prizes at festivals in San Diego, Providence, Dallas, Istanbul, Rome, Phoenix, and Honolulu. It went on to a 30-city theatrical release (opening at $14,000 per screen) and became the best selling gay DVD of 2005.

EATING OUT spawned the first theatrically released gay indie sequel, EATING OUT 2: SLOPPY SECONDS, which Allan co-wrote and produced. EATING OUT is now in development as a musical stage play.

Allan’s second feature film, BOY CULTURE, is adapted from the best-selling novel by Matthew Rettenmund. BOY CULTURE premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006 and was picked up by TLA Releasing for theatrical distribution in spring 2007. While touring film festivals, BOY CULTURE has not only won several best feature distinctions but has been honored by juries for its acting, direction, and writing.

In documentary, Allan has worked extensively with the acclaimed production company World of Wonder, co-directing the first 13 episodes of PORNO VALLEY and the documentary CAMP MICHAEL JACKSON for Sky Television.

Presently, Allan is developing several new projects with his production company, Poshpicutres, including a feature film, LINO, about his uncle, legendary Filipino director Lino Brocka (Macho Dancer). As a humorist, Allan contributes regularly to publications such as The Advocate with his “Hell in a Handbasket” column.

Allan was born in Guam and raised around the world. As a teenager, he settled in Seattle, where he earned a communications degree with honors from the University of Washington. He moved to Los Angeles and earned his master's degree in film at California Institute of the Arts.

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