A+ SERIES: County's Hollywood connections
By Brandi Watters
Corey and Todd Edwards collaborated to write and direct “Hoodwinked” (2005), a computer-animated comedy about Little Red Riding Hood.
In an AU viewing of the show, Todd Edwards said filmmaking had been a lifelong dream for the brothers. “When we were kids, we wanted to make movies like ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.’ When we got the opportunity to do this, I said I wouldn’t do a kid’s movie, but it began to make sense.”
The cast and production team of the movie is made up primarily of AU grads including Benjy Gaither, Preston Stutzman, Tye Edwards and Katie (Edwards) Hooten.
Other notable Madison County directors include Ray Enright and George Daugherty.
Enright, an Anderson native, directed 73 films including “Stolen Kisses” (1929), “Naughty but Nice” (1939) and “Wild Bill Hickok Rides” (1942).
Daugherty is a jack-of-all-trades of the music and film industry. As a writer, composer, director, actor and editor, Daugherty has worked all sides of the business, most notably as the director of the Broadway musical “Bugs Bunny on Broadway” (1990).