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Elza Kephart
Writing · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biography
Montréal born Elza Kephart graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Film Production and Screenwriting. She then returned to her hometown where she wrote and directed her first feature GRAVEYARD ALIVE. Since its premiere in 2003 the film has screened in over 20 international film festivals and garnered numerous awards, as well as being picked up for distribution and international sales. Kephart has attended the Canadian Film Centre’s Director’s Lab, the TIFF Talent Lab, the Berlinale Talent Campus, and has obtained development funding for numerous projects. GO IN THE WILDERNESS is her second feature.
Known for

The Score
Location Assistant

A Losing Game
2025

Slaxx
Director
Watermelons: Vampires Of The Drâa
Writer
Bjorn of the Dead
Director
The Chosen Ones
Associate Producer

Zombiemania
Herself - Filmmaker

Go in the Wilderness
Writer
Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror
Self

Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love
Director
Filmography
- 2025A Losing Game
- 2021Watermelons: Vampires Of The DrâaWriter
- 2020SlaxxDirector
- 2017The Chosen OnesAssociate Producer
- 2013Go in the WildernessWriter
- 2009Pretty Bloody: The Women of HorrorSelf
- 2008ZombiemaniaHerself - Filmmaker
- 2006Beyond The Pearly Gates Of Ill-ReputeMadame Peg
- 2003Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in LoveDirector
- 2001The ScoreLocation Assistant
- —Bjorn of the DeadDirector
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