Screenplay Co-Writer Bios
Brian M. Gelinas -- An un-produced screenwriter, published author and journalist for the Athol Daily News (Athol, Mass.), Brian holds degrees from Mt. Wachusett Community College (Gardner, Mass.), and was enrolled in the professional writing program at Fitchburg State College (Fitchburg, Mass.), now Fitchburg State University. While at FSC, he won the Louis P. Shephard Award in Creative Writing. He self-published American Odyssey in 2006. The screenplay based on that novel is his first collaborative screenwriting project. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn using the "in" button at the top of the page.
Kenny Benoit -- Also an un-produced screenwriter, Ken is a self-taught, devout student of Hollywood and all things movies. The screenplay for American Odyssey represents his first foray into collaborative writing.
Amy Green -- Currently the principal of One Eye Open Films, and a co-principal of ARC49 Entertainment, Amy began her career in the development department at Alliance Communications. When Alliance and Atlantis merged in 1998, she helped create and shape the production and development arm of Robert Lantos’ Serendipity Point Films.
In the winter of 2001, she teamed up with director Vincenzo Natali (Cube) to form the production company Headspace Films.
Green has contributed to critical and commercial hits including Istvan Szabo’s Sunshine (Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz), Academy Award nominee Atom Egoyan’s Ararat (Charles Aznavour, David Alpay), and Academy Award nominee Norman Jewison’s The Statement (Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton), among others. With Headspace, she worked on the Miramax conspiracy thriller Cypher starring Lucy Liu and Jeremy Northam, as well as the quirky buddy comedy Nothing, both directed by Natali.
Maintaining a presence in both Los Angeles and Toronto, Green produced the psychological thriller/horror Sam’s Lake, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, and went on to screen at several other festivals worldwide before its theatrical release in January 2009. She was also a production, sales and marketing consultant on the Hungarian Holocaust film Fateless, helmed by Academy Award nominee Lajos Kolati. She recently screened the ARC49 short The Spirit Game at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and was part of the production team behind the 2012 L.A. Comedy Shorts grand prize winner The Immigrant (Scott Thompson, David Foley). Find Amy on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/pub/amy-green/13/766/2b6.
Nick Bradford -- A graduate of San Diego State University and a member of the Writers Guild of America, Nick is currently a freelance video editor/assistant editor with Karga 7 Pictures. Based in Los Angeles, and working in television, film and new media, his projects have included EPKs, director’s reels, music videos, and network TV. Previous clients include Disney, Bethesda, Lion’s Gate Films, The Annenberg Foundation, Urb magazine, History Channel, Science Channel, National Geopgraphic and Discovery. He also conducted visual research for the Academy Award-winning film The Revenant (2015) starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Find Nick on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/pub/nick-bradford/29/963/3b6.
Kenny Benoit -- Also an un-produced screenwriter, Ken is a self-taught, devout student of Hollywood and all things movies. The screenplay for American Odyssey represents his first foray into collaborative writing.
Amy Green -- Currently the principal of One Eye Open Films, and a co-principal of ARC49 Entertainment, Amy began her career in the development department at Alliance Communications. When Alliance and Atlantis merged in 1998, she helped create and shape the production and development arm of Robert Lantos’ Serendipity Point Films.
In the winter of 2001, she teamed up with director Vincenzo Natali (Cube) to form the production company Headspace Films.
Green has contributed to critical and commercial hits including Istvan Szabo’s Sunshine (Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz), Academy Award nominee Atom Egoyan’s Ararat (Charles Aznavour, David Alpay), and Academy Award nominee Norman Jewison’s The Statement (Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton), among others. With Headspace, she worked on the Miramax conspiracy thriller Cypher starring Lucy Liu and Jeremy Northam, as well as the quirky buddy comedy Nothing, both directed by Natali.
Maintaining a presence in both Los Angeles and Toronto, Green produced the psychological thriller/horror Sam’s Lake, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, and went on to screen at several other festivals worldwide before its theatrical release in January 2009. She was also a production, sales and marketing consultant on the Hungarian Holocaust film Fateless, helmed by Academy Award nominee Lajos Kolati. She recently screened the ARC49 short The Spirit Game at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and was part of the production team behind the 2012 L.A. Comedy Shorts grand prize winner The Immigrant (Scott Thompson, David Foley). Find Amy on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/pub/amy-green/13/766/2b6.
Nick Bradford -- A graduate of San Diego State University and a member of the Writers Guild of America, Nick is currently a freelance video editor/assistant editor with Karga 7 Pictures. Based in Los Angeles, and working in television, film and new media, his projects have included EPKs, director’s reels, music videos, and network TV. Previous clients include Disney, Bethesda, Lion’s Gate Films, The Annenberg Foundation, Urb magazine, History Channel, Science Channel, National Geopgraphic and Discovery. He also conducted visual research for the Academy Award-winning film The Revenant (2015) starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Find Nick on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/pub/nick-bradford/29/963/3b6.