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Aaron Godfred a film director and producer from Alaska and is notable for his work on in the films ''Little Blue Pill'' and ''John Dies at the End''. He is also the founder of Montauk Project Films. ==Background== Godfred's final education years were spent at Oregon. He went to Linfield College and he earned a bachelor's degree in international business. He also got an MBA in general business. He started out filming his friends while snowboarding. Possibly the deciding factor in Godfred's decision to have a career in film came about as a result of a project he undertook while still at graduate school. He took a film making course and while still doing the coursre, he produced ''Oregon's War At Home'' which was a documentary about the Vietnam War. The film happened to win a Northwest Regional Emmy.〔Oregon Quarterly Autumn 2011 (Page 48, 49 Little Blue Movie ''Bringing a feature film to life, with the help of a lot of Pez and an MBA'' -''Mindy Moreland, MS'08'' )〕 In 2008, he founded the production company Montauk Project Films.〔Northwest Film Forum (An update from team “Little Blue Pill” by NW Film Forum )〕 Further into his career, he worked for Endeavor Talent Agency, which had represented actors like Matt Damon and Seth MacFarlane. Working long hours there, he wondered why he stayed there. While still there he wrote the script for what would be his first feature film. The script was for ''Little Blue Pill'',〔Daily Emerald March 6, 2011 (Alumnus Aaron Godfred unveils premiere of first film, 'Little Blue Pill' )〕 a comdedy which starred Aaron Kuban, Gerold Wunstel, Trevor Coppola and Jonathan Ahdout.〔Filmfestivals.com (LITTLE BLUE PILL, A review! * Vanessa McMahon )〕〔TV.com (Little Blue Pill )〕〔Film Baze (Little Blue Pill 2011 )〕 Among the other films he has been producer or co-producer of is the 2010 horror comedy ''John Dies at the End'' that starred Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes.〔Variety February 5, 2012 (|Film|Reviews ''Review: ‘John Dies at the End’'' )〕〔Movieline January 25, 2013 (INTERVIEW: Don Coscarelli & Paul Giamatti Do Not Die At The End Of This 'John Dies At The End' Interview By: Frank DiGiacomo )〕 He joined the Leo/Hartmann Productions to work on production of ''Jerry The Movie'' which is a documentary about Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.〔JamBase (JERRY GARCIA DOCUMENTARY TO FUND ON KICKSTARTER )〕〔The LA Beat November 21, 2012 (‘Jerry: The Movie’ Offers Grateful Dead Fans an Intimate Look into the Life and Career of Jerry Garcia by Shirley Pena )〕 He is also the wreiter of ''Don't Get Excited'' which was set to begin production in 2012.〔Orlando Sentinel 9 August 2012 (Don't Get Excited to begin shooting in September By Elnaz Toussi )〕〔Screen Daily 9 August 2012 (Don't Get Excited to begin shooting in September By Elnaz Toussi )〕 In February 2014, he was one of the panel of judges at the Southern California Business Film Festival.〔Daily Trojan February 24, 2014 (Business and film merge by Betty Bong )〕 He is a member of the Silicon Beach club surf group which is a group of techs who surf at Southern California. The founding member there Robert Lambert, pushed Godfred into a job with Omaze, which raises money for charitable causes by people the chance to spend time and hang out with celebrities. Godfred is the video production manager at the organization.〔Santa Cruz Sentinel 07/03/15 (Techies who surf are stoked about Silicon Beach club ''By David Pierson Los Angeles Times'' )〕〔Business Insider Mar 2 2015 (For tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Beach, surfing is the new golf by Madeline Stone )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aaron Godfred」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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