Brent Armitage (born 1965) is an American film actor, screenwriter, producer, and director who got his start as an actor. Armitage moved behind the camera on such projects as Swing Shift and Miami Blues. He then launched his writing career with his adaptation of the Gregory MacDonald novel Scutter. Armitage then adapted the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Feather Men. Other screenplay credits include In The Deep and Sideswipe. He is most well known as the producer of Grosse Pointe Blank and producer of The Big Bounce. In 2000 Armitage founded the screenwriting development website StudioNotes. Armitage sold his interest in the company in 2003.Armitage is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.