Biography

Dugan Bridges is a filmmaker whose work includes multi-national brands, distribution by Amazon & TimeWarner and features in the NYTimes & MovieMaker Magazine. During his career, Dugan's work has received over 100 Intl Film Fest selections while winning 45 awards and garnering millions of social media views.

After studying film production at the University of Georgia, Dugan moved to NYC where he cut his teeth directing projects for Samsung, Disney, and Katy Perry as the Director of Production for a large marketing firm. Switching gears, his feature The Little Tin Man was one of the first 10 films to crowdfund $100k through Kickstarter and went on to reach worldwide distribution with Gravitas Ventures.

Leaving for the West Coast, Dugan freelanced with Dreamworks, Lionsgate, and Oscar-winning Director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back To The Future) on the lot at Universal Studios. Several of his screenplays caught the attention of Hollywood, most notably an Oscar-winning Producer of The Departed.

Now building a family, Dugan moved back to his hometown of Athens where his company - F7 Film Distillery - is stationed out of the Innovation Hub at the University of Georgia.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dugan Bridges