Brian Udovich

Date of Birth: 19 May 1976

Mini Biography:

Brian Udovich has a Masters degree from the AFI (American Film Institute). He is also a Graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (1998).Awarded the Robert M. Mongomery Outstanding Young Alumnus award in 2007 by Wesleyan. He was 4-year varsity letterman in football at Wesleyan as a defensive lineman. He attended famed high school football powerhouse Joliet Catholic Academy (Mike Alstott, Dan “Rudy” Ruettiger).Former Senior Business Consultant in telecommunications for the French firm Cap Gemini.Currently resides in Los Angeles.

Trivia:

Favorite authors are Fyodor Dostoevsky, David Foster Wallace, and J.D. Salinger.
Is an avid reader of Russian novels.
Drawn to study at AFI because of the works of AFI alums David Lynch, Terrence Malick, and Darren Aronofsky.
2008 – “The Wackness” named winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
2006 – “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” was sold to The Weinstein Company after screening during the “Midnight Madness” program at the Toronto International Film Festival.
2005 – “The Monster and the Peanut” was awarded the Academy of Television Arts and Science’s (Emmy) for best dramatic student film.
2005 – “The Monster and the Peanut” was the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan foundation grant.
2008 – “The Wackness” was sold to Sony Pictures Classics at The Sundance Film Festival.
2008 – “A Necessary Death” won AFI Fest Audience Award for Best Feature Film.

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