Earned a graduate degree in Business Administration from Syracuse University, and earned a graduate degree in Humanities at Michigan State University.
A woodworker and a beekeeper, Bryan owns and operates a handcrafted furniture business, Stumpf Farm Woodcrafters, and a honey business, Stumpf Farm Honey, on his family's property in Northern New York State.
Owner of Stumpf Farm Productions, and its primary producer, screenwriter, and director.
Film reviews were featured on the UK-based (now defunct) movie web-site, The Slaughtered Bird.
Teaches film classes at the University of Maryland Global Campus.