Professional Life
Downes and his brother Kevin produce films for their company, Downes Brothers Entertainment. Together with his brother, and David A.R. White, Downes produced Six: The Mark Unleashed, starring Kevin Downes, Stephen Baldwin, Eric Roberts, David A.R. White, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The movie was released in theaters in June 2004, and on DVD in 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In 2006, Downes produced the indie sequel The Moment After 2: The Awakening, and as of 2008, produced Like Dandelion Dust, starring Mira Sorvino and Barry Pepper. He currently is producing A Thousand Tomorrows; both movies are based on novels by NY Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury. The Downes brothers are working on an entire slate of films based on Kingsbury's novels and a television series based on her Baxter family series.
Downes also executive produced the film version of Frank Peretti's best selling novel The Visitation. The movie was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Bobby helped bring the USA Today best-selling novel The Shack to publication, and was slated to produce the movie.
Downes is the founder and CEO of ChristianCinema.com.
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