BRYAN HUYNH



Writer, Producer, & Director





VIETNAM



Bryan's parents often reminded him to read and visit the library as much as possible during his days growing up in Arlington, VA. The family migrated to USA after the fall of Sai Gon in 1975. The image is Cho Ben Thanh market, located in Sai Gon and one of his favorite places to visit when he comes back to his homeland.



EDUCATION



Is a graduate of George Mason University, majoring in English. By the end of his freshman year he knew his desire was to become a writer one day.

The defined moment was in the spring semester of his sophomore when he took a class called Introduction of Film, where the professor asked the class to write a scene with dialogue as it was meant to be seen and heard. Although he continued in the visual arts, he found his combined passions for behind the camera evolving with writers telling their stories.





APPRENTICESHIP



After graduation he relocated to Orange County, CA, with the original idea of "becoming a writer" for The Hollywood Reporter, The Variety, or Entertainment Weekly. The west coast experience had many memorable moments, where he met Todd Murata and Megan McGonagle at UCLA film summer program.

A few years later he returned back home, because his parents were still waiting for him to get a “real job” with health insurance. He gained his apprenticeship at theatre companies in Washington DC at Studio, Horizon, New Works, and Source, and also at Capital Casting agency.



GINGA PRODUCTIONS



GiNGA Productions is Bryan's child idea to launch and produce short films with a captivate story, characters are the obvious, or perhaps a scene to back it up. "GI (AI) - NGA" is named after his Father/Mother's first name, and the image is his parent's hometown of Chau Doc, Viet Nam.

It is pronounced like "gee-nah" as in actresses Gina Gershon, Geena Davis. (Note: Did you know Miramax Films is named after Bob and Harvey Weinstein's parents "Miriam and Max" when they started out in the early 1970s. Of course, we know what happened to Harvey in the last few years - hehe!



PROFESSIONAL



Bryan holds an MBA degree from University of Phoenix, and also receives ITIL® v4 Managing Professional and ITIL@ v3 Expert certificates in IT Service Management (ITSM) and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certificate in process improvement.


He has worked for a few Fortune 500 companies in Leidos, General Dynamics IT, SAIC.
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FILMOGRAPHY



New Projects:

2025, The Week That Wasn't (Feature) - Writer/Producer

2023, I Drum To A Different Puzzle (Short) - Writer/Producer

Completed Projects:
2021, Yesterday Never Ended (Short) - Writer/Producer
2019, Tomorrow Never Came (Short) - Writer/Producer
2018, Today (Short) - Writer/Producer/Director
2009, Embalming (Short) - Producer
2005, Life's Illusions (Short) - Writer/Producer 2001, At Second Glance (Short) - Writer/Producer/Director
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AWARDS RECOGNITION



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WORDS DON'T COME EASY

"Award Winner" Best Short Script London Movie Awards 2022
"Award Winner" Best Short Script Swedish International Film Festival 2022

"Award Winner" Best American Short Script Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards 2022

"Nominee" Best Unproduced Script Berlin International Art Film Festival 2022


THE WEEK THAT WASN'T

"Finalist" Feature Screenplay Las Vegas Int. Film & Screenwriting Festival 2022

"Honorable Mention" Feature Script Future of Film Awards 2022

"Award Winner" Best Poster Future of Film Awards 2022

"Honorable Mention" Best Poster Art Film Awards 2022


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I DRUM TO A DIFFERENT PUZZLE (2023)

"Award Winner" Best Short Screenplay East Coast Movie Awards 2022

"Sapphire Award Winner" Best Short Screenplay Focus International Film Festival 2022
"Finalist" Best Unproduced Screenplay V.I.Z Film Fest 2022

"Honorable Mention" Best Short Script Florence Film Awards 2022
"Award Winner" Best Short Screenplay New Jersey Film Awards 2022
"Award Winner" Best Unproduced Script in Short Hong Kong Indie Film Festival 2022
"Gold Award Winner" Short Script Milan Gold Awards 2022
"Gold Award Winner" Short Script Hollywood Gold Awards 2022

"Silver Award Winner" Short Script London Movie Awards 2022


YESTERDAY NEVER ENDED (2021)

"Award Winner" Best Short Screenplay Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes 2021

“Award Winner” (Best First Time Filmmaker, Best Poster) Monthly Future of Film Awards, 2021

“Award Winner" Best Actress Paris International Film Awards 2021

"Jury Award Winner" Best Poster Magica Advertising Festival 2021

"Award Winner" Best Poster Phoenix Shorts 2021

“Awards of Excellence” Best Screenplay (Short-Form) Season 14 SoCal Film Awards 2022

“Award Winner” Best Poster Dallas Movie Awards 2022
“Award Winner” Short Screenplay New Jersey Short Awards 2022

“Award Winner” Best Script San Diego Art Awards 2022
“Award Winner” Best Female Directing Stockholm Short Film Festival 2022

“Award Winner” Best Short Script Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards 2022

“Award Winner” Best Short Original Screenwriting Sacramento World Film Festival 2022

“Award Winner” Best Poster Panama City Independent Film Festival 2022

“Award Winner” Best Short Script Swedish International Film Festival 2022

“Award Winner” Best Poster Wine Women Film Festival 2022

“Outstanding Achievement Award” Joi Hiatt Director, Wine Women Film Festival 2022

“Honorable Mention” Short Script, Wine Women Film Festival 2022

“Platinum Award Winner” Best Film Poster Focus International Film Festival 2022


TOMORROW NEVER CAME (2019)

"Honorable Mention" Best Short Screenplay Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes 2020

“Gold Award Winner” Best Screenplay Cinema Fest 2021

“Award Winner" Best Movie Producer–Short Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival 2021


p.s. Several more awards for TNC, this page is already long as is :)



Todd Murata & Megan McGonagle - ADVISORS





TODD is a graduate of the Peter Stark's producing program at the University of Southern California (USC) film school, and completed the Directors Guild of America (DGA) training program, and current a member of the guild.


Currently Todd is a Vice President of Creative Affairs at MarVista Entertainment. Previously, he oversaw two movies for the Hallmark Channel, one of which he co-executive produced, also developed and supervised the Netflix series "Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever". Over the years Todd's positions have included an Executive Production at Buena Vista Studio, a film division at Disney, and Vice President, Development & Production, Mayhem Pictures. Over the years Todd had worked as an assistant director on feature films and television shows. As an assistant director, he worked with the following directors: Rob Reiner, Neil Labute, Kathryn Bigelow, John Singleton and Warren Beatty.

Filmography (Presently at MarVista Entertainment)

Under Wraps (TV Movie) (Executive Producer) (Currently Filming) 2020

First Christmas (TV Movie) (Executive Producer) 2020

A Christmas Surprise (TV Movie) (Executive Producer) 2020
My Best Friend's Bouquet (TV Movie) (Executive Producer) 2020
Sightless (Producer) 2019
A Winter Princess (TV Movie) (Co-Executive Producer) 2018
Memories of Christmas (TV Movie) (Development Executive) 2018
The Truth About Christmas (TV Movie) (Development Executive) 2018
Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever. (TV Mini-Series) (Development & Production Executive - 8 episodes)


Filmography (Past Positions)

2016, Fallen (Co-Producer)

2014, Mantervention (Line Producer)

2010, Secretariat (Creative Executive)

2010, Step Up 3D (Production Executive)

2010, When in Rome (Creative Executive)

2009, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Production Executive)

2008, High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Production Executive)

2008, Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Creative Executive)

2007, Enchanted (Production Executive)

2007, The Game Plan (Production Executive)

2007, Wild Hogs (Production Executive)



MEGAN has worked in Los Angeles in the film industry as a location scout and production coordinator. She received her bachelor's degree in arts from Millersville University in Pennsylvania. In the mid 1990's she entered the London International film school (LIFS) in London, England. While she was in film school, she wrote, directed, camera operated, art directed and edited several short films. Furthermore, she directed two short films for independent film companies. Upon graduation, she was invited by a production team to start a production company specializing in commercials and music videos. Megan is represented by Fishbone Films in London as a director. Megan currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.


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