FILMMAKER IN RESIDENCE | ZACH CARVER IMDb

Please join us in welcoming Zach Carver to our rich artistic community and learn more about his creative process and current project by joining us on May 30, 5:30-7:30 pm at the Cotton Building, 607 Water Street. 

Admission is free with a donation to support the Peter Simpson Free Cinema Fund, which grants free passes and tickets to local community members who would otherwise not be able to afford PTFF events and Festivals.

Zach was the writer/director behind the 2020 PTFF Audience Award-winning film Race to Alaska, which chronicles the characters who chose to take on the adventure of the Port Townsend-based race. The film was also nominated for a Big Sky Award at Big Sky Documentary Festival, and screened in many others, including Seattle International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Cape Town Adventure Film Festival, and Anchorage Film Festival.

Further credits include winning the Audience Award from the Chicago International REEL Short Film Festival for Textural Intercourse and Best Student Short Award/Audience Favorite Award for Amateur Dictator from the Austin City Film Festival.

"I'm excited to be back in Port Townsend, to be near the water, using the resources of the Jefferson Art and History Museum and the Northwest Maritime Center to learn more about this area in the 1800s. Being able to picture the place the script is set is so important!" Zach described. His current project is a historic drama set on a tall ship as it winters over a remote bay on the Salish Sea.

Zach is currently based in Los Angeles, CA, but was born and raised in Seattle. He earned his BA in Art at Colorado College and and MFA in film at Columbia University.