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Elza Kephart
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Occupation film director, film producer, and screenwriter

Elza Kephart is a filmmaker from Montreal, Canada. She creates movies and owns her own company called Midnight Kingdom Films.

Elza Kephart's Filmmaking Journey

Elza Kephart is a talented Canadian filmmaker. She is known for writing, directing, and producing her own movies. Her work often includes elements of horror and comedy.

Early Films and Success

Elza's first big movie was Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love. She wrote, directed, and produced this film. It was a horror-comedy about a zombie nurse. Critics liked how it mixed old-school horror with new ideas.

Graveyard Alive was shown at over 20 film festivals around the world. It also won many awards. This helped her movie get seen by many people.

Other Projects and Roles

Elza has also worked on other movies. In 2005, she helped with computer support for a film called The Greatest Game Ever Played. The next year, she was an assistant to director Tony Goldwyn for the movie The Last Kiss.

She also appeared in a documentary in 2009. It was called Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror. This film looked at women who work in the horror movie world.

Recent Movies

In 2013, Elza released a movie called Go Into the Wilderness. She filmed this movie in a very remote part of Quebec, Canada.

More recently, in 2020, Elza finished her horror-comedy movie Slaxx. This film was released in March 2021 on the streaming service Shudder.

Awards and Recognition

Elza Kephart has been recognized for her filmmaking skills. In 2005, she was nominated for several awards at the Cinevagas B-Movie Film Festival for her work on Graveyard Alive.

  • Best B Movie
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay

Elza Kephart's Filmography

Elza Kephart has worked on many different film projects. She has directed and written several movies and TV shows.

Films Directed by Elza Kephart

Year Film Title Type of Film Notes
2002 Naughty Soxxx TV series
2003 Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love Feature film Won Best Cinematography at Slamdance Film Festival
2006 Beyond the Pearly Gates of Ill-Repute Short film Premiered at Fantasia Festival; co-directed
2013 Go in the Wilderness Feature film Official Selection at Festival du nouveau cinéma-Montréal
2020 Slaxx Feature film

Films Written by Elza Kephart

Year Film Title Type of Film Notes
2002 Naughty Soxxx TV series
2003 Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love Feature film
2006 Beyond the Pearly Gates of Ill-Repute Short film
2013 Go in the Wilderness Feature film
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