WASTELAND ENTERTAINMENT
About Us
Wasteland Entertainment is a Waco, Texas based production and post-production studio co-founded by Shelby Yardley and Brennan Karem. The company specializes in studio-level visual effects, animation, and innovative filmmaking pipelines. Blending cutting-edge technology with human creativity, Wasteland builds cinematic worlds for the future- empowering independent creators to push beyond the limits of imagination by telling bold, boundary-breaking stories.
Who We Are
Meet Our Team
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SHELBY YARDLEY
Co-Founder | Producer | Actress
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Shelby was raised in a suburb of Wichita, KS, where she spent most of her life as an athlete. It wasn't until college that Shelby decided to take acting lessons. From there, her love and passion grew for the entertainment industry.
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Shelby has now been in the industry for over a decade. Throughout the years she has stayed busy in front of the camera, starring in films such as: A Life Lived with Denise Richards, Pursuit with John Cusack, and has lead several movies including Driven to Kill and Smuggling in Suburbia on the Lifetime Network.
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Not only does Shelby have a passion for acting, she also enjoys being behind the camera just as much. She has credits as a Colorist on various projects, ranging from the pilot Space Command, starring Doug Jones (Shape of Water) and Richard Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager), short film S41NT, starring Phil LaMarr (Family Guy, Pulp Fiction), feature film Ask Me to Dance, commercial work, and documentaries. She is also an award winning Producer.
Shelby co-founded Wasteland Entertainment in hopes of creating content that will make others feel inspired, the way she has felt time and time again. Recently, she has been working hard to create and produce original content that does just that.
BRENNAN KAREM
Co-Founder | Director | Writer
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"Limitless worlds at the power of my fingertips; it's a beautiful feeling."
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Early in life, Brennan grew up in Maryland, about 20 minutes outside of Washington, DC. He had a creative mind and an itch to create films since he was a young boy. He would gather kids to create films out of his neighborhood. Anything he could do to tell stories, he did it.
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Brennan is an award-winning Director and VFX Artist who has spent the last 12 years working in the entertainment industry. Recently, Brennan was awarded a New York Emmy for Wasteland's work on Anemoia, an independent short film, for Long Form Entertainment. He's worked with some of the industry's top giants, including Marshmello, Alesso, Armin Van Buuren, Lele Pons, Shots Studios, and Netflix- just to name a few. He also directed and animated an award-winning short film called Fatherhood that won first place and captured the attention of a senior director at Disney.
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The most important thing to Brennan is telling a good human story that relates to true human emotions- no matter how odd or obscure. Which is why he co-founded Wasteland Entertainment, to do just that. Tell fascinating stories that an audience can connect with.
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Currently, Brennan is working to finish post-production on a couple of the company's most recent projects.
WYATT KAREM
Company Assistant | Writer | Actor
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Wyatt is a Los Angeles based Writer and Actor. Like Brennan, he originally grew up in Maryland, later moving to New York and Los Angeles to further his career. Over the years, Wyatt has written and starred in several of his own projects. He is also an award-winning video editor with over 7 years of experience. Currently, Wyatt is working as Wasteland's company assistant to expand his knowledge and training in the industry. On top of that, he is the creator of his successful TikTok channel focusing on comedy and reviews of all things TV/Film. Wyatt has several completed scripts he is working to bring to life and a personal goal of adding his own touch to comedy in Hollywood.