The Business of Making films for Jesus
Hank Erwin Facilitating
Come hear first hand, back stage details about the Christian Film industry and get insights into this company's success following His Word.
As believers, we are called to work out our faith in the places God has assigned us in the marketplace. Come learn, first hand, back stage details about the Christian film industry and gain insights to how following God's Word have brought this company success. You may find tools to apply in your business dealings.
About Hank Erwin
Hank is a former State Senator from Birmingham, Alabama who now resides in Westhaven, Franklin, Tennessee.
Senator Erwin served two terms in the Alabama Legislature where he helped craft film incentives for the state of Alabama. The legislation has resulted in millions of dollars of extra revenue to the state budget
And prompted a number of film projects from Hollywood to come to Alabama.
Hank and his wife Shelia have just celebrated their 50th Anniversary. They have two happily married sons and seven grandchildren.
Their highly talented sons (Andrew and Jon Erwin) are award winning movie directors who have moved their film studios from Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee with the mission to produce faith based motion pictures. Their studio is called Kingdom Story Company and has produced such hit movies as:
- I Can Only Imagine,
- I Still Believe,
- American Underdog,
- and the new upcoming movie Jesus Revolution
About Andrew & Jon
Andrew Erwin and his brother Jon are the filmmaking team known by most as the Erwin Brothers. The Birmingham, Alabama born brothers grew up around college football and entertainment. Their father, a local news anchor introduced them to the television industry at a young age. As teenagers they began their career in sports television with ESPN as camera operators. After several years working in sports they transitioned into directing music videos and documentaries. They won music video of the year three years consecutively at the GMA Dove Awards working with some of the top artist in Christian, Country, and Rock music. They went on to produced the award winning 9/11 documentary The Cross and the Towers (2006). In 2010 the brothers shifted their focus exclusively to developing feature films. Their first feature narrative, October Baby (2011), was a coming of age drama about a young girl named Hannah (Rachel Hendrix) trying to find her birth mother. After a strong grass roots campaign the micro budget feature debuted theatrically in the top ten eventually landing on the front page of the New York Times. Andrew and Jon's sophomore release Moms' Night Out (2014), starring Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, and Patricia Heaton, was their first venture into comedy. The crowd pleaser had a successful theatrical run with Sony's TriStar and continues to grow its audience on dvd as a cult classic. Next Andrew and Jon tackled the epic true sports story Woodlawn (2015), starring Jon Voight, Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, and newcomer Caleb Castille. It was a deeply personal story for the Erwins. One of the characters in the Alabama story is their father, played in the movie by Astin. The duo continue to live in the Southeast as they write and develop stories of redemption and hope with a strong emphasis on their faith roots.
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