Aaron Godfred
Aaron Godfred | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film producer Film director Writer |
| Known for | Little Blue Pill |
Aaron Godfred is a film, television and digital producer. He was the SVP of development at VENN.tv a television network for gamers, streamers and esports fans.[1] At VENN Aaron oversaw gaming and esports shows including Dare Package, The Sushi Dragon Show with Sushi Dragon, Grey Area, Looking for Gains, Origin Stories, Facecheck and more.[2]
Prior to VENN, Aaron was the Director of Gaming and Public Figures at Fullscreen, a WarnerMedia company, and led the content department at Omaze,[3] a leading fundraising company offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences with celebrities, athletes, musicians and more where he produced award-winning digital content.[4]
Aaron spent the first decade of his career as a producer and creative working for Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment,[5] Marvel, Endeavor, M3 Creative and many others.[6] He also produced cult classic independent film John Dies At The End.
Early life
[edit]Aaron was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He attended Linfield College and University of Oregon, where he received his MBA and a Regional Emmy for his short film, Oregon’s War At Home.[7]
Background
[edit]Aaron went to Linfield College where he earned a bachelor's degree in international business. He also got an MBA with a sports marketing concentration at the University of Oregon. 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 documentary filmmaking course where he produced Oregon's War At Home which was a documentary about the Vietnam War. The film won a Northwest Regional Emmy.[8]
In 2008, he founded the production company Montauk Project Films.[9] 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 decided to pursue the creative side of filmmaking and wrote the script for what would be his first feature film. The script was for Little Blue Pill,[10] a comedy which starred Aaron Kuban, Gerold Wunstel, Trevor Coppola and Jonathan Ahdout.[11][12][13] 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.[14][15] He joined Leo/Hartmann Productions to work on production of Jerry The Movie which is a documentary about Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.[16][17] He is also the writer of Don't Get Excited which was set to begin production in 2012.[18][19]
In February 2014, he was one of the panel of judges at the Southern California Business Film Festival.[20] He is a member of the Silicon Beach club surf group which is a group of techs who surf in Southern California.[21]
Personal life
[edit]Aaron is married to author and entrepreneur, Melody Godfred.[22]
Film work
[edit]Director
[edit]- Little Blue Pill (2010)
- The Break In (2009)
Producer
[edit]- Jerry: The Movie (documentary) (2015)
- Little Blue Pill (2010)
- The Break In (short) (2009)
- Oregon's War at Home and the Man Who Brought the Peace (short) (2005)
Associate producer
[edit]- Mint Conditioned (short) (2007)
Co-producer
[edit]- John Dies at the End (2012)
- Detective Cook and Ashby (short) (2010)
Line producer
[edit]- The Road to Ruin (short) (2010)
Unit production manager
[edit]- Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (Video short) (2012)
Production manager
[edit]- The Road to Ruin (short) (2011)
Writer
[edit]- Little Blue Pill (2010)
- The Break In (short) (2009)
Actor
[edit]- John Dies at the End ... Bullet Factory Worker (2012)
Technical
[edit]- John Dies at the End (visual effects supervisor) (2012)
Television work
[edit]Producer
[edit]- Channing Tatum Dances at Prank Magic Mike XXL Screening (2015)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger's Guide to Blowing Sh*T Up (short) (2015)
- John Legend Dog Wedding (short) (2015)
- Lowridin with Lopez (short) (2015)
- Acho's Nachos (short) (2014)
References
[edit]- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (2020-07-09). "VENN Unveils Live Gaming, Pop Culture Content Ahead Of Network's August Launch From Playa Vista Studio". Deadline. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Beresford, Trilby (2021-02-04). "Gaming Network VENN Unveils 2021 Lineup of Original Programming". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Aaron Godfred | The TV of Tomorrow Show". thetvoftomorrowshow.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Cook with Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul in the Breaking Bad RV - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "About Revelations Entertainment". www.eudich.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Emerald, Daily. "Alumnus Aaron Godfred unveils premiere of first film, 'Little Blue Pill'". Daily Emerald. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Little Blue Movie". Around the O. 2011-10-01. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Northwest Film Forum An update from team “Little Blue Pill” by NW Film Forum Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daily Emerald March 6, 2011 Alumnus Aaron Godfred unveils premiere of first film, 'Little Blue Pill'
- ^ Filmfestivals.com LITTLE BLUE PILL, A review! * Vanessa McMahon
- ^ TV.com Little Blue Pill
- ^ Film Baze Little Blue Pill 2011
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Daily Trojan February 24, 2014 Business and film merge by Betty Bong
- ^ "Meet the Silicon Beach Surfers". Fortune. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Melody Godfred's Self Love Poetry – Fabulesley". Retrieved 24 May 2021.