Career
Breien"s directorial feature film debut was the 2007 movie The Art of Negative Thinking, a dark comedy about adjusting to life in a wheel chair and socializing with other people who have disabilities. The movie"s main character is despondent about his predicament in a wheelchair "and spends much of his time drinking, smoking pot and watching Vietnam War movies." The Art of Negative Thinking has been shown at numerous international film festivals, and a Variety write up described the movie as being about a "therapy rebellion".
