Elza Kephart is a Canadian filmmaker. She is perhaps best known for Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love

Graveyard Alive

Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love, is an independent zombie horror/comedy directed by Elza Kephart. The film is in black and white and it is dubbed. The film, had its U.S. premier at the 2004 Slamdance festival in Park City, Utah and won best CinematographyThe movie was made by Bastard Amber...

 (2004), a film that she wrote, directed and produced. The film was well-received by critics who appreciated its camp horror and feminist motifs, while at the same time harkening back to more traditional days of black and white, Techniscope widescreen. A native of Montreal

Montreal

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, Kephart works and films out of her hometown with Bastard Amber Productions, a company she founded in 2002 with the creation of Naughty Soxxx, a series of pseudo-porn

PORN

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 vignettes featuring socks.

Her 2006 release Beyond the Pearly Gates of Ill Repute, co-directed with Elizabeth Lawrence, premiered at the Fantasia Festival

Fantasia Festival

Fantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996...

.

Kephart was assistant to Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

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 while he directed The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film which is based on the 2001 Italian film L'ultimo bacio, directed by Gabriele Muccino. The plot revolves around a young couple and their friends struggling with adulthood and issues of relationships and commitment.The film stars Zach Braff,...

 (2006) and she provided computer support for The Greatest Game Ever Played

The Greatest Game Ever Played

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 (2005).

She also appeared in a 2009 documentary Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror

Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror

Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror is a television documentary that premiered on the Canadian cable network Space on February 25, 2009.The hour-long documentary examines the experiences, motivations and impact of the increasing number of women engaged in horror fiction, with producers Donna Davies...

.

Awards

She was nominated at the 2005 Cinevagas B-Movie film festival for:

• Best B Movie
• Best Director
• Best Screenplay

Filmography

Director
Year	Film	Genre	Other notes
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	Naughty Soxxx	TV series
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love Graveyard Alive Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love, is an independent zombie horror/comedy directed by Elza Kephart. The film is in black and white and it is dubbed. The film, had its U.S. premier at the 2004 Slamdance festival in Park City, Utah and won best CinematographyThe movie was made by Bastard Amber...	film
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Beyond the Pearly Gates of Ill-Repute	short
Writer
Year	Title	Genre	Notes
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	Naughty Soxxx	TV series
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love Graveyard Alive Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love, is an independent zombie horror/comedy directed by Elza Kephart. The film is in black and white and it is dubbed. The film, had its U.S. premier at the 2004 Slamdance festival in Park City, Utah and won best CinematographyThe movie was made by Bastard Amber...	film
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Beyond the Pearly Gates of Ill-Repute	short

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