Ground Breakers

This years Ground Breakers and their films are listed below.  Click a link to learn more about them and their films.  All Films will be shown during a special screening at the Emerson Theatre on Thursday October 4th.  Check the schedule for more information and other event information.

  • Phillip Van and High Maintenance

    1474977-1049173-thumbnail.jpgPhillip Van is an MFA candidate in NYU’s Graduate Film Program, Tisch School of the Arts and was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and Portland, Oregon by his father, a Vietnamese refugee and his mother, a Greek-America

  • Amy Gebhardt and Look Sharp

    1474977-1049131-thumbnail.jpgAfter graduating from a Bachelor of Laws and Arts majoring in Film in 1998, Amy Gebhardt has become an award winning writer/director/cinematographer in both drama and documentary. In 2007 she graduated from her Masters

  • Lilah Vandenburgh and BITCH

    1474977-1049152-thumbnail.jpgLilah Vandenburgh grew up in Long Beach, CA and attended high school in Dallas, TX. She was a vocalist in several bands, and a founder and artistic director of Mr. Toad's Theatre Circle.  She has a BS in Film and

  • Debbie Formoso and NAGPAPANGGAP

    1474977-1041976-thumbnail.jpgAn award-winning writer/director/cinematographer, Debbie Formoso's short films have screened at several international film festivals including Tribeca and Hawaiian International Film Festivals...  Preston DeFrancis and The Big Production

    1474977-1055927-thumbnail.jpgA recent graduate of the MFA program in Film and Television Production at the University of Southern California, Preston once believed that a career in the film and television industry was out of reach... Mahesh Pailoor and Still Life
    1474977-1041049-thumbnail.jpgMahesh Pailoor is an award winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. His films have screened at film festivals all over the world and have won awards including the SKYY Vodka Short Film Awards and have screened on the Su

  • Royce Gorsuch and Another Man's Shoes

    1474977-1041060-thumbnail.jpgBorn and raised an Oregonian, Royce has always immersed himself in the surrounding environment. Growing up in Oregon, he grew up skiing Mt. Bachelor, and rafting the Deschutes, and Rogue rivers. “The surrounding peop

  • Danielle Shamash and The Sunday Man

    1474977-1040961-thumbnail.jpgDanielle is a graduate of the prestigious American Film Institute in Los Angeles. While earning a BFA in Film Studies from Ryerson University in Toronto, Danielle worked as a producer for numerous award-winning spots f

  • Lindsay Brayden and Round Trip

    1474977-1040982-thumbnail.jpgWriter/director Lindsay Brayden graduated with honors from Montana State University with a BA in Film, TV & Theatre Production. ROUND TRIP, her student thesis and film-directing debut, is currently airing on Frontie