 Louisiana
native Zack Godshall co-founded Blue Point
Productions in the winter of 2005 with his
sister Jana, which led to their
collaboration on Absolution, his
M.F.A. thesis film. Making this short film
in his hometown of Lafayette has been a
defining step in Zack's career as a
filmmaker_ The process forced him to become
more independent and inventive, thus
realizing the possibilities of working in a
local setting with limited resources.
Zack earned his B.A. from Louisiana State
University, where he studied English,
Creative Writing, and Photography. More
recently, he completed a Master of Fine Arts
degree in Film Directing from UCLA. Besides
his thesis, which was filmed, edited, and
finished in High Definition, Zack completed
three other short films while at UCLA, all
of which were shot in I6mm. In the spring of
2005, Zack won a school-wide contest for his
script, The Hurricane Party. The
script was then developed into a short film
directed and produced by members of the
faculty in UCLA's School of Theater, Film
and Television.
Completing his thesis film and M.F.A. degree
reinforced in Zack his passion for making
films in Louisiana, where the place and the
people have long inspired his imagination.
Zack now resides in Lafayette and is
currently working on several documentary and
narrative film projects.
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