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Film Director Drew Waters on the ‘Festival of Trees’ Faith Message

Before becoming a faith-based film director, Drew Waters was a series regular on the NBC TV series “Friday Night Lights” portraying coach Wade Aikman.
Film Director Drew Waters on the ‘Festival of Trees’ Faith Message
"Festival of Trees" director Drew Waters on set with a child actress, in Cobb County, Georgia, in 2022. Courtesy of Rob Witzel
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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When film director Drew Waters’s wife, Erin Bethea, wrote a screenplay about good family values, he couldn’t help but step in and direct.

“We’re both Christians and faith-driven in what we put out,” Waters told The Epoch Times on Nov. 14. “I love good-feeling, buddy-driven comedies, and that’s what genre ‘Festival of Trees’ is.”

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]