Brain on Fire (film)

Brain on Fire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gerard Barrett
Screenplay by	Gerard Barrett
Based on	Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Produced by	A.J. Dix Beth Kono Rob Merilees Lindsay Macadam Charlize Theron
Starring	Chloë Grace Moretz Jenny Slate Thomas Mann Tyler Perry Carrie-Anne Moss Richard Armitage
Cinematography	Yaron Orbach
Edited by	JC Bond
Music by	John Paesano
Production companies	Broad Green Pictures Foundation Features Denver and Delilah Films Irish Film Board
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14) (TIFF) June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22) (United States)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Countries	Canada Ireland United States
Language	English

Brain on Fire is a 2016 biographical drama film directed and written by Irish filmmaker Gerard Barrett. The film is based on Susannah Cahalan's memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness and stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Jenny Slate, Thomas Mann, Tyler Perry, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Richard Armitage.

The film follows the true story of a New York Post writer who begins to experience a mysterious illness. After being evaluated extensively by many doctors, she was diagnosed to be psychotic. She would have been committed to the psychiatric ward in a hospital and probably died of encephalitis, if it were not for the efforts and skills of Syrian-American neurologist Souhel Najjar. He sympathized with her case and was able to diagnose and treat her rare illness.

Principal photography began on July 13, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2016. The film was released on Netflix on June 22, 2018.