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At a glance
Fact Sheet
- Name
- Brett Neichin
- Profession
- Writer, creator
- Based in
- Manhattan, New York
- Latest
- Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death — creator · Hulu · premieres Nov 10, 2026
- Signature work
- The Cipher — writer/creator · BBC Sounds · 2020–21
- Recognition
- Aria Award, Best Podcast of the Year (2024, The Sisters) · Webby Award nominee (2021, The Cipher) · #1 iTunes drama · 50 greatest podcasts of all time
- In development
- The Midnight Room — original TV series, sold to Blumhouse Studios · Tagged — TV adaptation, MGM Studios
- Made for
- Hulu, BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 4, Audible, Sony Music, Realm
For your intro
Biographies
Short bio · ~49 words
Brett Neichin is an award-winning writer across multiple platforms. He is the creator of Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death, a Hulu original true-crime docuseries, and The Cipher (BBC Sounds), the sci-fi thriller podcast that hit #1 on the iTunes drama chart and was nominated for a 2021 Webby Award.
Medium bio · ~127 words
Brett Neichin is an award-winning writer across multiple platforms. He is the creator of Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death, a Hulu original true-crime docuseries about extreme biohacking, influencer culture and a string of mysterious deaths in Thailand. Brett’s breakout hit was the global phenomenon The Cipher (BBC Sounds), starring Anya Chalotra (The Witcher), which hit #1 on the iTunes drama chart, was nominated for a 2021 Webby Award and was named one of the 50 greatest podcasts of all time. His credits also include Tagged (Sony Music), now being developed for TV by MGM Studios; The Sisters (Realm), winner of the 2024 Aria Award for Best Podcast of the Year; and the Audible Original Young Blood. His original TV series The Midnight Room sold to Blumhouse Studios.
Long bio · ~229 words
Brett Neichin is an award winning writer across multiple platforms. He is the creator of Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death, a Hulu original true crime docuseries about extreme biohacking, influencer culture, and a string of mysterious deaths in Thailand.
Brett’s breakout hit was the global phenomenon The Cipher (BBC Sounds), a sci-fi thriller podcast starring Anya Chalotra (The Witcher) that hit #1 on the iTunes drama chart, was nominated for a 2021 Webby Award, and was named one of the 50 greatest podcasts of all time.
His other credits include Tagged for Sony Music, starring Jessica Plummer and Ben Hardy, which is now being developed for TV by MGM Studios. SteelHeads, starring Jessica Barden, for BBC Radio 4; Restart for BBC Sounds; and The Sisters for Realm, starring Mae Whitman, which won the 2024 Aria Award for Best Podcast of the Year.
He is also the creator of the Audible Original Young Blood, a techno thriller about a mysterious longevity company that was named among the top five Audible Originals on the platform. Brett recently created an original TV series called The Midnight Room that sold to Blumhouse Studios. And he has several other TV/film projects in development that will be announced soon.
For years Brett kept a day job as a personal trainer at the JCC in Manhattan, and he’s a competitive brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Selected praise
Quotes
“Pulse-pounding, breathtaking… like an HBO mini-series for the ear.”
— LA Weekly, on The Cipher
“A screenwriter who took 20 years to become Hollywood’s latest overnight sensation.”
— SYFY Wire
“The Cipher is a sci-fi thrill ride, and it’s a global podcast sensation.”
— SYFY Wire, on The Cipher
“Twists and turns a-plenty.”
— Miranda Sawyer, The New European, naming The Cipher one of the 50 greatest podcasts
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