Judy Bednarek
- Producer
- Writer
Judy Bednarek is a Minnesota screenwriter who is a pitch winner and has placed as a Top-10 Finalist in high-ranking screenplay contests from 2013-2023. She writes well-executed original screenplays with culturally diverse characters for an international audience. Stories with a supernatural twist that entertain but offer life lessons or a message to inspire faith. Ordinary people who overcome extraordinary situations and face their inner demons. Spiritual warfare.
Her film career started with writing a low budget version of her Bigfoot feature Yellow Eye for Chris Turner of Ballistic Films. Yellow Eye was a Top 10 Finalist in the Film Quest Festival in Utah. In 2016, Judy moved to LA to collaborate with award-winning directors and producers on her feature film project Star Child. The script was a Top-10 finalist in the California Film Awards. A Season of Strawberries was a Top-10 Finalist in six high-ranking screenplay contests. At the Oaxaca Film Festival in Mexico, it was entered in the Global Script Challenge and chosen for immediate commercial development from more than 10,000 scripts.
Judy is the Executive Producer of her first short film For All Eternity with a Minnesota cast and crew. This powerful faith-based film will be released at the Minneapolis Saint Paul International Film Festival (April 2024) and the Twin Cities Film Festival (October 2024). The script was a Top-10 Finalist in the Apeiron Film Festival in Berlin, Germany and at the Le Femme International Film Festival in Paris celebrating women in film. Judy seeks to option and sell her original screenplays and representation with an Agent or Manager. Her media platforms are; IMDB, ISA (International Screenwriters Association), YouTube (pitches).
Her film career started with writing a low budget version of her Bigfoot feature Yellow Eye for Chris Turner of Ballistic Films. Yellow Eye was a Top 10 Finalist in the Film Quest Festival in Utah. In 2016, Judy moved to LA to collaborate with award-winning directors and producers on her feature film project Star Child. The script was a Top-10 finalist in the California Film Awards. A Season of Strawberries was a Top-10 Finalist in six high-ranking screenplay contests. At the Oaxaca Film Festival in Mexico, it was entered in the Global Script Challenge and chosen for immediate commercial development from more than 10,000 scripts.
Judy is the Executive Producer of her first short film For All Eternity with a Minnesota cast and crew. This powerful faith-based film will be released at the Minneapolis Saint Paul International Film Festival (April 2024) and the Twin Cities Film Festival (October 2024). The script was a Top-10 Finalist in the Apeiron Film Festival in Berlin, Germany and at the Le Femme International Film Festival in Paris celebrating women in film. Judy seeks to option and sell her original screenplays and representation with an Agent or Manager. Her media platforms are; IMDB, ISA (International Screenwriters Association), YouTube (pitches).