Brian Welk
Brian Welk is the Senior Reporter for IndieWire’s business team, covering entertainment industry news and analysis along with festival and awards coverage, primarily focused on the movies. Prior to joining IndieWire, Welk spent six years at the Hollywood trade publication TheWrap, eventually working his way up to the role of Senior Film Reporter. In that time, he’s attended and covered the Oscars, Sundance, TIFF, SXSW, the Golden Globes and more. He’s also served as a moderator for industry panel discussions at SXSW and elsewhere and appeared as an expert on “Good Morning America,” BBC News, and for other outlets.
Welk in 2022 won the New York Press Club Award for National Entertainment News (online) for his series of pieces focused on opportunities for deaf actors in Hollywood. That year, he was also nominated for online entertainment journalist of the year from the Los Angeles Press Club. Prior to that, he wrote for the IT and business podcast CIO Talk Radio.
Welk received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University with a concentration in culture and communications and a master’s degree in Specialized Journalism: The Arts from the University of Southern California. Welk began his career in film criticism, and some of his freelance work has appeared in the Village Voice, LA Weekly, Consequence, and other publications, as well as on his own personal blog. For over two years and over 150 episodes, Welk also co-hosted an independent film news podcast called The News Reel, which featured guest journalists and critics discussing the biggest stories from that week in film news. Welk is native to the Chicagoland area and is based in Los Angeles.
Latest by Brian Welk
USA! USA!
With a credit up to 30 percent that's fully stackable, it's a "game-changer" that can compete with anywhere.
roll the tape
Admins with the SCP Foundation Wiki tell IndieWire their work is covered by a Creative Commons License — and that it should be respected.
Big Biz
An emergency amicus brief was filed just ahead of a hearing this morning to approve the antitrust settlement agreement.
The former film mogul was convicted on a count of criminal sexual assault against Miriam Haley in June 2025.
The Emmy winner joins Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, and Luke Wilson all returning for the follow-up to the 2005 holiday comedy.
Focus Features is closing in on the film to be his next project after "Werwulf" this Christmas.
Hollywood Economics
From $80 billion in debt to 32 film releases a year, breaking down the headaches and hurdles facing a combined WarnerMount.
Filmmaker Interview
Linkin Park's DJ (and now its documentarian) tells IndieWire why his film only looks ahead at the band's future.
Big biz
Paramount agreed to a number of concessions, including an investment of $1.5 billion in production spending in California over the next five years.
Let's all go to the movies
"Onslaught," "Tony," and "The Invite" haven't played at the Midwest-based fourth-largest theater chain, but tickets are imminently going on sale for "Primetime."
He will write, direct, and produce his next movie alongside Margot Robbie's LuckyChap and David Heyman.
Big Biz
An MPA-commissioned study estimated 143,500 new jobs added through 2035 if President Trump puts in place filming incentives on a federal level.
