Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (1888PressRelease)
March 18, 2008 - Brian K. Dery, acclaimed independent filmmaker of Triple Knot Productions, Inc. has been awarded the 29th Annual Telly Bronze Award for the documentary “Abilities to the Xtreme: Pursuing the Dreams,” (2007).
“Abilities to the Xtreme: Pursuing the Dreams” tells the story of Justin Beauchesne, a young determined man who has suffered from amputations on both his arms due to a rare blood disease known as Meningococcemia. The documentary captures Justin’s young life and talks about his quest in becoming a professional skateboarder.
The Telly marks one of many awards for Triple Knot Productions, Inc including: 2006 Worldfest Houston Silver Remi Award, 14th National Health Information Awards and The 2006 Columbus International Film and Video Festival’s Bronze Award.
Dery is locally known among the independent film community for creating “To Have Courage” (2006) an award-winning documentary film about a courageous woman recovering from a snowboarding accident and living with a spinal cord injury and “Going for the Gold: A Tale of Three Kids”(2006) an inspirational story about three young athletes overcoming their disabilities, competing in the Shriners Hospital’s (NJDC) The National Junior Disability Championship, has launched Dery into the award spotlight.
Currently, Brian is developing a documentary about a remarkable young teenage boy living with spinal muscular atrophy who doesn’t let his disability keep him from playing power soccer and manage a company repairing books for Shriners Hospital and the VA.
Founded in 2006 by Brian K. Dery, Triple Knot Productions, Inc is a 501c 3 organization, a not-for-profit video production company that transforms inspirational stories into motivational films. Triple Knot Productions, Inc aspires to continue producing films on a national and international level. For more information, please visit www.tripleknotproductions.org.
Leora Chai - Publicist
Lmcfilm ( @ ) yahoo dot com
(704) 719-6863
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