The KT Team
Dillon Bentlage
Filmmaker | Editor | Producer
A graduate of Boston University’s Cinema and Media program, Dillon Bentlage began his career in Amsterdam at Storm Post Production, where he served as lead Assistant Editor and Avid technician on projects including Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, FX’s Atlanta, and Nickelodeon’s Hunter Street.
After returning to the United States, Dillon co-founded KT Pictures, producing and editing a range of independent projects, including the international web series, Play It By Ear, and feature film, Dilettantes, which received worldwide distribution through BayView Entertainment. He went on to produce SXSW winner, Caleb Phillips’, short, Play Me, and wrote and directed his first feature film, Watching Mr. Pearson (2024), starring Hugo Armstrong and Zainab Jah.
Dillon believes that by surrounding yourself with interesting people, your story will write itself. If it seems unbelievable, it probably happened.
Nick Madson
Director of Development
Nick Madson is the Director of Development at KT Pictures, where he oversees the company’s slate of narrative features and documentaries. He is responsible for creative strategy, project development, and talent partnerships from concept to completion.
He began his career in representation at Verve Talent & Literary Agency before transitioning to development at Captivate Entertainment. With Captivate, Nick acquired and developed projects from high-level IP, including Yellowface (Lionsgate / dir. Karyn Kusama), Counterfeit (Kay Cannon), and the next installment of the Jason Bourne franchise (Universal / dir. Ed Berger).
As a writer, his original script, Down & Out, won the Script Pipeline First Look Competition and was a finalist for both the HUMANITAS David & Wendy Engel Comedy Fellowship and the Shore Scripts TV Pilot Competition.
In his spare time, he enjoys autobiographical third-person writing, performing open-heart surgery, and lying.
Brian Reilly
Producer | Editor
Brian Reilly is the KT Pictures’ Co-Founder and Producer. A graduate from Bryant University, he began his career in marketing and transitioned into the film industry to start KT Pictures.
Since its inception, he has produced a wide range of award-winning feature and short films, including: Dilettantes (dir. Sarah Gibson), Play Me (dir. Caleb Phillips), CiCi’s Sonata (dir. Brandon Bailey), and Play It By Ear (dir. Emily Ann Zisko & Simon Kienitz Kincade). In 2022, Brian made his directorial debut with Absent, an experimental short film, which was an official selection at 18 film festivals and won 5 awards.
Outside of producing, Brian is also an award-winning editor. He has worked on a number of short films, documentaries, and music videos, including Absent, Play It By Ear, Sandwich, and FLAWLESS (by Brodie).
Brian believes that there is no better feeling than being able to turn a small idea into a compelling story that can be shared with the world.
WHY KT?
The name KT is short for “Karen Twins”, and is inspired by the fact that Dillon and Brian are two weeks apart in age and their mother’s were lifelong friends both named Karen. Having known each other since birth, this name symbolizes our bond since childhood and the one formed between our mothers. KT Pictures would not exist without them and their longtime friendship. So, thank you Karen and Karen, for being the catalysts behind our company.
Fun Fact: Our mothers were also business partners at one point. They created a product called T-String, which was a cellphone holder that you strapped to your wrist (this only worked for the old flip phones). T-String was even featured on QVC many years ago!