12/8

By Jolene Krause

ORLANDO, Fla. – Directors, producers, hair stylists, and technicians are all important people while on a movie set but most importantly for Possibilities Pictures are the prayer warriors.

Orlando based director David Nixon has been working on movies with a purpose for the last six years. On Dec. 3 he took time to speak to Valencia Community College journalism classes about his projects.

Nixon received a phone call from Sherwood Baptist church located in Georgia about a Christian faith based movie they were wanting to make.

“We can’t pay you but we can feed you and house you” said Nixon recalling the phone call prior to the making of the film “Facing the Giants”.

After Nixon had worked with Sherwood Baptist Church and their volunteers on the movie set for "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof" he was able to start seeing his real dreams come true.

Nixon wanted to make movies with a purpose and a real message, not just feel good movies.

“Letters to God” is Nixon’s first faith based movie being produced through his company Possibilities Pictures.

“We started everyday in prayer, the entire cast and crew would be in a big circle and we would pray about what we were going to shoot that day,” said Nixon.

“Letters to God” is a faith based film that is based on a true story of an eight year old boy with cancer and his desire for the people that surround him to be okay.

“There are a lot of great actors in Hollywood that are waiting for these kinds of films,” said Nixon.

Possibility Productions was conceivable after “Facing the Giants” and “Fireproof” were taken in by Sony.

After the first two Christian based films did so well in theaters and unexpectedly made money, Hollywood then started to realize that there is a need and want for those kinds of films. And of course, that they would could make more money by producing such films.

Although Hollywood wants to simply make money, Nixon starts by actually giving the movie away. Before the release of “Letters to God” on April 9, 150 pre-screening events will happen in churches across the country.

Unlike all other movie sets, Possibility Productions has members of their crew that are strictly on set to pray. Prayer warriors are the most important people on the set. They start to pray when they hear ‘action’ and they don’t stop until the hear 'cut’.

“This is more than just making movies,” said Nixon.