Before becoming the Project Director for the Doorpost Film Project, Nathan Elliott spent the last couple years in various roles moving in and around the film industry. Previously he was a Senior Developer at Media Sentry fighting the war of anti-piracy working with clients such as Disney, ABC, MPAA, RIAA, Sony, Fox and the WB. Before anti-piracy, Nathan worked as a senior developer for Allegro, a company dedicated to email and content filtering solutions. Nathan's broad background in technology helps him to continue to push the Doorpost team to new heights.

As the second hire of the Doorpost, Will Hill came on board to create the look and feel of the Doorpost. Over the last decade, he had been living & working in the wild world of freelance, with his clients spanning a wide demographic range. During his time at Doorpost, Will has helped establish brand, push marketing initiatives, and develop the creative identity for the Doorpost from the ground up. Will enjoys writing music, tweeting on twitter, and seriously believes that the island from LOST is a real place that he will go one day.

Dana joined the Doorpost team in April of 2008 and quickly was marked as a programming guru. Dana spent many years prior to Doorpost in the dark world of Windows based computers but has now seen the beautiful light of OSX and is now redeemed. During her time at Doorpost she has spearheaded the coding of the community framework, built numerous applications from scratch, and continues to develop/integrate great new products. In her spare time you will find Dana at one of her kid's soccer games, singing in her church choir, or reading a coding language book by the pool.

Brian Jerin joined the Doorpost team in May of 2008 as the logistics, event, and film production coordinator. Before Doorpost, Brian spent 10 years in the high-end stone design industry. With limited knowledge about film, Brian jumped right into the industry and single handedly coordinated the 15 finalist films in 2008. He has a huge heart for filmmakers and very excited about the emerging talent in this years competition. In his free time, Brian enjoys writing and recording music with his band Shangrala, hashing out script ideas with fellow staff member Jon Shepard, recently has the bug to tighten up his golf game again, and watches LOST with Will Hill.

Jonathan Shepard joined the Doorpost Film Project in July of 2008. Over the last decade, his work has ranged from Location Management for feature films and episodic television, to Field & Segment Producing and Production Managing for regional and national television series, feature and documentary films and specials. His work also includes Producing and Directing a wide variety of live events. Jon has had the privilege of working side by side with some of the best producers and directors in the business and his projects include work for HBO, FOX/Paramount, CBS, MTV, Vh1, Nickelodeon, Showtime and Comedy Central, Merchant Ivory, Biegel-Maylor, The Shooting Gallery, Robot Films as well as a variety of independent production houses.

Gabe Cox's introduction to the Doorpost was through our 2008 short film contest. Before coming on board at Doorpost, Gabe simply dabbled in filmmaking & editing. After the strenuous summer production travel schedule and daily editing deadlines for our '08 finalists productions, he quickly learned new tricks with Final Cut Studio. More recently he has began to dive into the world of motion graphics. While Gabe is the only employee who does not play an instrument, he has recently been tasked with creating music for all internal Doorpost projects. It's Gabe's quick ability to adapt to new things that make him a great addition to the Doorpost team. In his spare time, he makes babies, chases storms, and watches LOST with Will Hill.

Audra embodies the heart of the Doorpost. Whether she is supporting the Doorpost team or helping filmmakers with various issues, Audra is always finding new ways to help out. By answering info@thedoorpost.com she helps the users of the Doorpost in just about every way possible. Audra is often trailed by a mini-maelstrom of energy who brightens up the office when she visits.