BOARD MEMBERS
Meet Our Team
Denise Godwin
CEVMA Chair
Denise started as a newspaper reporter after university and has written for various publications. She worked in writing, book publishing, and graphic design before venturing into video production. She and her husband left the USA to be missions volunteers at International Media Ministries (IMM) in Madrid, Spain, where they have served as production help since 2005. Denise is a scriptwriter, producer, and director at IMM and serves on the board for administrative functions of the ministry.
Brian Kelly
Producer
Brian moved from the US to Europe in 1985 as a musician and songwriter performing concerts all across Europe. As Brian worked in music and TV production, he discovered that many noteworthy productions were not getting the audience they deserved. So in 1990 he founded a distribution company to help address that issue. Over the years, NLN has distributed 15,000+ titles into more than 30 countries, in many cases being the first international company to do so. The distribution work continues, but Brian has also returned to film production in recent years and currently works as a film producer with partners in the US as well as mentoring young producers.
Gary Wilkinson
Producer
Gary Wilkinson is a follower of Jesus, husband, and father. His passion is making documentary films about people who have changed the world with Jesus. He started working in Christian media from the very beginning of his vocation after he became a Christian in his final year of film school. He went directly into the mission field in Africa fulfilling various roles within media production. After that he worked for a prominent worldwide Christian broadcaster. In 2009 he became an independent producer, scriptwriter and director producing feature documentaries about Christianity.
Séphora Grimaldi
Actress, Author
Séphora, also called "the dreamer" by some members of her family, was always inspired by fairy tales and bed time stories her father would make up. It created within her a passion for story telling, writing and acting. She studied communication in France and South Korea and lived in several different countries. Currently based in France with her husband, she started a blog in 2019, hoping to inspire women by sharing her own journey in finding her identity and reviewing society’s beauty standards. She was recently the lead actress in the movie and musical « Repentance » and is working on publishing her first children’s book.
Andrew Walkington
Producer
British Christian, Andrew Walkington, is owner of True Films and is an international award-winning director and producer. Andrew has produced 15 feature length films, eight of which he also directed. He is former Managing Director of The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy and former Head of Television Production at United Christian Broadcasters. He is also a script consultant, production advisor and writer. Andrew is a regular speaker at conferences and an advocate for film education.
Stephanie
van der Horst
Producer
Stephanie is managing director at Family7. A Dutch Christian TV station and production company. She loves to work with people and on new ways of spreading the gospel through media. Even though she previously vowed to not be in front of the camera, God planned differently and since 2020 she also hosts different tv-shows produced and broadcasted by Family7. She still has a lot to learn but she is loving every minute of it. Being obediant to God has taken her to unexpected places and allowed her accomplish much more than ever expected.
