Credits
Brian Godawa has been an award-winning screenwriter in Hollywood since 2002. He has become known for his storytelling that embodies deep themes mixed with memorable characters and unpredictable plots.
Credits
My Son Hunter (Feature)
Screenplay writer, produced.
Unreported Story Society
Ruth and Boaz – (Feature)
Screenplay. Pre-production.
Affirm, Sony Pictures.
ObamaGate (Feature)
Screenplay co-writer, produced.
Unreported Story Society
Fourth World – (Feature)
Screenplay, produced.
Bring Me Hope Organization, Fallbrook, CA
School’s Out: Academic Freedom vs. Political Correctness – (Documentary)
Screenplay & Direction. Completed, not distributed.
Boulevard Pictures, Culver City, CA
Rora (Feature)
Screenplay, Producer, in development.
Mission Pictures International, Santa Monica, CA
Jezebel (Feature)
Screenplay, in development.
Jezebel Partners, LLC, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Alleged – (Feature)
Screenplay.Produced.
Two Shoes Productions, MI
Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate
(Documentary)
Screenplay & Direction.
Boulevard Pictures, Culver City, CA
Change Your Life (Feature)
Screenplay. Produced.
Transcendental Media, Long Beach, CA
Wall of Separation – (Documentary PBS)
Screenplay and Direction
Boulevard Pictures, Culver City, CA
Cruel Logic – (Short)
Screenplay and Direction
2008 Emerging Cinematographer Award – International Cinematographers Guild
Our First Liberty (TV special)– Screenplay.
Alliance Defense Fund, Phoenix, AZ
The Visitation (Feature)
Screenplay
Namesake Entertainment, PeeWee Valley, KY
To End All Wars (Feature)
Screenplay
Argyll Film Partners, Culver City, CA.
Film Awards
2011- Best Narrative Feature award, San Diego Christian Film Festival.
Best Narrative Feature and Audience Choice Award, Anthem Libertarian Film Festival (FreedomFest).
Best Michigan Film Award, Flint Film Festival.
Best Narrative Feature, Made-in Michigan Film Festival.
Best Actor, Brian Dennehy, Charleston International Film Festival.
2007 – Nominated, Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association.
Cruel Logic (Short)
2008 – Emerging Cinematographer Award – International Cinematographers Guild
2005 – Official Selection: Dusk Till Dawn Fest, Golden Star Shorts Film Fest, Great Lakes Indie Film Fest, Shriekfest, Bluegrass Indie Film Fest.
2003 – Showcase selection, Cinema for Peace, Cannes Film Festival
2002 – Grand Prize Best Picture Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival Commander in Chief Medal of Service, Honor & Pride, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Picture of the Year, Santa Barbara Film Festival
Played in 13 Film Festivals, being given either opening or closing position: Toronto Film Festival; Cannes Film Festival; Telluride Film Festival; Heartland Film Festival; Taormina Film Festival, Sicily; Rainbow Film Festival, London; Hawaii Film Festival; Bermuda Film Festival; Mill Valley Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival; American Renaissance Film Festival; Pasadena Film Festival.
Screenwriting Awards
Shriekfest Finalist, screenplay.
First Place Writers Network Competition; Finalist American Accolades, Carl Sautter Screenwriting Competition.
First Place, Shriekfest; 4th Place Worldfest Houston Screenplay Competition; Finalist America’s Best Competition; Quarter-Finalist Nicholls Fellowship, Academy Foundation; Semi-Finalist Maui Writer’s Conference, Scriptapalooza, Carl Sautter Screenwriting Competition.
First Place Worldfest Flagstaff Screenplay Competition; Semi-Finalist Carl Sautter Screenwriting Competition; Honorable Mention Columbus Discovery Awards.
3rd Place Writer’s Digest Competition; Top Five Finalist Carl Sautter Screenwriting Competition; Semi-Finalist Writer’s Network Screenplay Competition; Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project; Quarter-Finalist Austin Heart of Film, Fade-In Screenplay Competition, Empire Screenplay Contest.
Finalist Reader’s Digest Screenplay Competition; Semi-Finalist Worldfest Houston.