
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.
movieA Losing Game
2025
Watermelons: Vampires Of The Drâa
2021 · Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
movieSlaxx
2020 · Director, Writer
The Chosen Ones
2017 · Associate Producer
movieGo in the Wilderness
2013 · Writer, Director, Producer
Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror
2009 · Self
movieZombiemania
2008 · Herself - Filmmaker
Beyond The Pearly Gates Of Ill-Repute
2006 · Madame Peg, Writer, Director
movieGraveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love
2003 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieThe Score
2001 · Location Assistant
Bjorn of the Dead
— · Director