My guest speaker D.R. Bellard is a theater trained actor, filmmaker, writer and standup comedian from Houston Tx. He's starred in multiple stage productions, independent films, national commercials and music videos including assistant directing Brandy latest music video "Baby Mama" ft. Chance the Rapper. He has directed and written 3 award winning short films (9 in total) He's best known for his latest "Shot by an Angel" receiving rave reviews and is a Merit Award winner in the "Hollywood Best Shorts" Competition.
The film qualified to be nominated for an Academy Award and also was just recently accepted into the narrative short film category at the prestigious LA Black Film festival being held Sept 10-13, 2020. He's currently looking for investors and distribution to turn "Shot by an Angel" into a feature length film and has also recently started the "Narrow Path Podcast" where he highlights under appreciated talented artists in the industry, while they just have fun and act a fool. He can be found on Youtube and most other podcast listening platforms.
He's a graduate of Theater of Arts Hollywood Performing Arts School with a Occupational Studies degree in Theatre and is also a graduate of New York Film Academy (Los Angeles) with an Associates Degree of Fine Arts in filmmaking.
