BETH NELSEN is an award winning filmmaker who has worked in film production since 1995 and discovered her love of documentary while undertaking an internship with Lee Grant’s company, Feury Grant Entertainment in New York City in 2001. Eager to see the world, Beth left the US in 2004 to travel Thailand, India, and eventually landed in Melbourne, Australia, where she earned her Master of Arts in Film & Television, focusing on Directing Documentary, from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). The freedom of being a student allowed her to work on other director's films and she gained recognition for her handheld documentary shooting style as well as documentary storytelling skills through editing. Upon graduation in 2007, Beth earned 4 nominations and won Most Promising Director for her thesis project, LOVE REFUGEES, about same-sex bi-national couples. Eventually Beth returned to the US, and she currently serves as the Technological Elder for the Suscol Intertribal Council in the Napa Valley and has this year made two films highlighting the Native American community. She is currently developing "Pancha's," a documentary which chronicles a dive bar rich in Native American