B. J. Gudmundsson

West Virginia Filmmaker of the Year 2005

B. J. Sharp-Gudmundsson, an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker, lives in Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where she devotes her time to preserving local history through the use of film and virtual hands-on learning centers.   

In 2005 she was honored by being named “West Virginia Filmmaker of the Year” by the West Virginia Filmmakers Guild and The West Virginia Film Office. 

Filmmaker of the Year Photos

Born and raised in Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, B.J. graduated from Pocahontas County High School, studied music education at West Virginia University and worked for fifteen years promoting Appalachian musical heritage throughout West Virginia.   She was the first full-time Development Director for WVMR Community Radio in Dunmore, WV, where she later served as Station Manager.  This small radio station is manned by trained volunteers and is the only community station on the AM dial due its location in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory quiet zone.

Gudmundsson is Director of the Oral History Media Project for the Pocahontas County Free Libraries who received the 2003 IMLS National Award for Museum and Library Services.  She has partnered with the library in developing access to new technology and creating media and film projects to create a visual library.  As a volunteer she provides technical training to students and community members who collect and archive video histories and life stories.

Pocahontas Co. Free Libraries Award Photos

B.J. is a member of the Pocahontas County Historical Society, The West Virginia Filmmakers Guild and serves on the Board of Trustees of The Shepherd’s Center of Greenbrier Valley. 

Contact B. J. Gudmundsson at

304-799-3989

Email

Film Credits

1998 – Women of Monroe

1998 – United Way of Greenbrier Valley

2001 – Out of the Storm

Best Event Documentary 2002 West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival

2002 – An Evening with Cal Price

2004 – 30 Cal Price and The Pocahontas Times

Best Feature Documentary 2005 West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival

2005 – He Went About Doing Good

2005 – Standing on Holy Ground

2005 – Greenbrier on Parade – 3 Volumes

2006 – A Sense of Values

2006 – Greenbrier Garden Club Homes Tour

2006 – Mountain Mourning

2006 – Look What They’ve Done

2006 – Keeper of the Mountains

2007 – God’s Gift of A Wild and Wonderful Land

2007 – Love to Share

2007 – Your Legacy for New Beginnings

(Pocahontas County Free Libraries)

2008 – Rise Up! West Virginia

Award of Excellence - WVFF

2008 – Listen to the Women

Award of Excellence - WVFF

2008 – Greenbrier Garden Club Homes Tour

2008 – Keystone Wilderness

2009 – The Long Runway Home

2009 – God’s Gift of a Beautiful and Bountiful Land

Works In Progress

Across the Yew Pine

The Hammons Legacy Project

Shepherd’s Center of Grb Valley

Community Service Award – Dr. Vivian Crane

Coal Field Stories

Christians for the Mountains

West Virginia Rosie’s

Thanks! Plain and Simple, Inc.