2010

Ellen Kuras

Ellen Kuras

How did you get into directing?With a vision to make films that can be emotional and visual yet inspire change, I first stepped into the film world as a 24 year-old director of a documentary, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), which was later nominated for a Spirit and an Academy Award.  Even when I moved deeper into…

Shane Drake

Shane Drake

How did you get into directing?I was always distracted by the art of making films. It wasn’t until I graduated with a pre-med degree, spent time as a youth pastor, an actor and student at Princeton graduate school that I finally took the distraction seriously. I soon “learned the ropes” so to speak after garnering…