Bryant Mainord

Bryant Mainord is an award winning writer/director/editor, born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Mainord is most known for his 4th feature film, "The Beekeepers", produced by David Turnbull, and starring John Whitlock, and Jay Gourley. With strong roots in the Kevin Smith/ Judd Apatow genre of comedy films, he has also recently branched out into the musical, romantic drama, and horror genres. In 2010, Mainord toured the United States with the Beekeepers festival run. The film has won several awards, and is exploring various options for distribution in 2012. In addition to making his own films, Mainord has acted in various productions, ranging from small independent shorts("Hell Yeah", 2011; "Strictly Business", 2008) to Hollywood feature films (The John Cusack/ Nicolas Cage film, "The Frozen Ground", 2012). Mainord is also heavily involved with The Alaska Film Forum, a non-profit organization which specializes in building and nurturing the independent film community in Anchorage, Alaska. Mainord has taught several filmmaking workshops at film festivals, and continues to shoot multiple short films each year, only a fraction of which are actually sent out to film festivals for mass consumption. Slated for production in 2012/2013: "Matt and Maddie", a romantic drama set in the folk music scene; and "Angel" (working title) a drama-comedy set in the Hawaiian Islands during the mid-nineties.