Godbout Entertainment started back in 1990 as Detour Records. A Miami Based Dance Music Label, producing some of the hottest Freestyle, Dance & House music of the 90's. For 10 years Gerald produce and recorded some of the hottest singers and musicians in the Miami area at his studio. Musicians and Producers from the VILLAGE PEOPLE, INSTANT FUNK, PATTI LA BELLE, CINDY LAUPER, JAMES BROWN, GLORIA ESTEFAN, 2 UNLIMITED, GUCCI CREW II and L-TRIMM. Artist like TITO PUENTE JR & CALI ALEMAN all recorded and spent time at Gerald studio with him as engineer. Detour Records would go on charting all over the globe releasing five albums and more than a dozen top 10 dance singles. Gerald would also be a voting member of the GRAMMY AWARDS. With music moving away from dance to more of a R&B groove, CEO Gerald J Godbout III decided it was time to move on. Starting Godbout Entertainment was the first step. Second was to change location from Miami to Orlando FL. Third was to take his experience and knowledge in the music business and apply it to his childhood dream of being a Filmmaker. Since then Godbout Entertainment has become an AWARD winning production company with Gerald winning multiple TELLY AWARDS and EMMY® AWARD. Also Godbout's short and feature films have garnered huge accolades from industry professionals and fans alike with Legends "A Friday The 13th Tale" & Legends 2 "A Halloween Tale" being downloaded and viewed over 2 million and half times respectively. Legends has also appear on several horror sites listed as being one of the top 10 best horror fan films. Gerald has also edited and produced many award winning shows like Winter With The Writers and Sports Zone in which he received his EMMY. Since then Godbout Entertainment has produced and edited several other projects including his Hit TV Show Indie Cinema Showcase and new film projects The Trade and the soon to be release Documentary Silver Wings/Shattered Dreams about the first women Air Force Pilots during WW2. Gerald is also a voting member of the local chapter of the Emmy Awards.
