Les Branson

Les Branson (born Duane Leslie Branson) is a writer and filmmaker born in Chicago, Illinois on February 3, 1959, on the day popularly known as The Day the Music Died. He cofounded Thin Dime Theater Company in Dallas, Texas in 1992 with friends Samuel H. Roden and Stephen Dwayne Moran, and held the position of artistic director until the theater company folded in 1997. He is also the founder and owner of Dilligaf Productions, an independent film company based in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area. Branson has also worked in the aerospace industry and in export compliance. He founded Branson Consulting Co. in 2010 where he specializes in export and arms trafficking regulations.
Early life
Branson’s father was Hugh L. Branson, born in 1928 in Kingston, Tennessee, and his mother was Sarah Earlene (Broom) Branson, born in 1933 in Delta County, Texas. Branson moved with his parents and siblings in 1968 from Chicago to cities in the Great Southwest, before finally settling near Springtown, Texas in 1971. He graduated from neighboring Poolville High School in 1977
After the success of Having My Baby, Branson turned again to writing original, speculative screenplays. In 2014 he completed King Lear and the Indians, based on a story by actor Dan Burkarth. In 2014 Branson also completed his original screenplay Junkyard Dog.
Other writings
Branson occasionally writes newspaper articles as a guest columnist for the Weatherford Democrat, a newspaper published in Weatherford, Texas, and had a featured article published in The Export Practitioner in the March 2010 issue, Volume 24, Number 3. He recently had an essay published in the 2016 edition of the online magazine, Passing Through. He also has a blog, Dilligaf Productions.

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