Authentically goes to the movies š¬ with Andy Erwin: From covering Kurt Warnerās Super Bowl at ESPN to making a movie about his life āAmerican Underdogā, taking care of mental health, & much more
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Ladies & gentlemen, grab your popcorn, take a seat, sit back, relax, and enjoy...weāre going to the movies.
Without further ado⦠itās American Underdog (the major motion picture on the life of Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner) filmmaker Andy Erwin (@erwinbros).
With his brother, Jon, they produce hits. Seriously. Their feature films have all been in the Top 10 on Box Office opening weekend.
Their films include I Can Only Imagine (the incredible story of MercyMeās lead singer, Bart Millard), Woodlawn, October Baby, and much more.
He got his start working in sports with ESPN then shot commercials with artists like Switchfoot, Michael W Smith, and Amy Grantā¦heās got 11 GMA Dove award nominations and 3 Music Video of the Year awards to his name.
& in true authentically fashion, we keep it realā¦
From talking the importance of taking care of your mental health, especially as men, to how he fell in love with storytelling at an early age working at a local news station for $10 a day to working at ESPNās NFL Primetime covering a Super Bowl Kurt Warner played in to making a film about him 20 years later, to the backstory & process behind making quality Christian movies in mainstream media that become #1 Box Office Hits, to who heād have play him and his brother if there was a feature film about them, to his dream vacation spot (hint: it involves The Lord of the Rings) to telling stories with authenticity: āPoint people to the Ultimate Truthā¦I canāt take an audience emotionally on an experience that I havenāt been willing to go on myself yetā to the moment Kurt Warner realized what he was truly fighting for in his NFL career dreams to the next film The Erwin Brothers are working on - a Navy Seal who used to be a drug addict then turned to the Lord, based on the book āFearlessā - & much moreā¦it was truly an honor to chop it up with Andy.
Erwin Brosā website:
https://www.kingdomstorycompany.com/
Make sure to follow everything Andy, his brother, and team are doing, making epic major motion pictures in mainstream media all pointing people to the True Light, Who we all need, especially in todayās day and age: Jesus.
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