Jude S. Walko grew up in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and received a Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of the Arts degree in acting from the renowned University Of Georgia Drama Department in Athens, Georgia, home of the famed Peabody award. He studied acting there before moving to Los Angeles, California.
He is a Producer's Council member of the Producer's Guild of America and a SAG actor, as well as a longstanding professional member of ASIFA.
He is Co-Founder of Blue Falcon Productions, LLC. It's a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, which has several projects in development and rights options. The company released their first feature film "The Incantation", in 2018, which starred former Superman, Dean Cain. Walko wrote, directed and acted in the film which won several awards including the 7th Annual Eclipse Award for Best Direction.
In the mid 90s and early 2000s, Jude was one of the founding members of Double Dog Dare Productions based out of San Francisco which had success in its short film department including showings on Bravo, Independent Film Channel, Air Canada, Caroline's Comedy Club and several other venues.
Among several project in the works, Jude has a feature script and is writing a novel-length version of his story "The Unhallowed Horseman", which is a re-imagining of, and loosely based on the characters of, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
Jude splits his time between Los Angeles and Bangkok, Thailand, where he married a Thai woman, Pranom Thumcha, whom he meet there on June 19, 1999. They have two beautiful children together, Preeya Marie "Fah" Walko born on June 24, 2003 and Orion Joseph "OJ" Walko born on January 05, 2005. His daughter Preeya also shares the same birthday (June 24th) as Jude's deceased father, Ret. Tsgt. Robert J. Walko, Sr. and his brother in law, Jeff Rountree.
Unique traits: ice blue eyes, high cheek bones
The Unhallowed Horseman Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror In a town enamored with its own "Unhallowed Horseman" legend, a distraught teenage boy must come to terms with his own demons, and perhaps the Horseman himself.
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Eclipse Awards - Best Direction - "The Incantation"
(2018)
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature - "The Incantation"
(2018)
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival - Nominated for People's Choice Award - "The Incantation"
(2018)
Unrestricted View Film Festival - Official Selection/Festival Prize - "The Incantation"
(2018)
IndieFEST Film Awards - Award of Excellence - Feature film - Script/Writer/Dir - "The Incantation"
(2017)
IndieFEST Film Awards - Award of Merit - Feature film - Creativity/Originality - "The Incantation"
(2017)
University of Georgia
(1991-1995)