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NOW SEEKING FUNDING

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A DECADE AGO, TWO FRIENDS FOUND A WISHING STONE,AND ONLY BAD THINGS CAME FROM IT. SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE SWORN TO KEEP IT SECRET AND KEEP IT SAFE.  AFTER ONE OF THEM DIES, THE OTHER ONE, IN HER GRIEF, DECIDES TO GET RID OF THE STONE FOR GOOD AND FLUSHES IT DOWN THE TOILET, ONLY TO RELEASE AN ANGRY DEMON…

                                                                                             ...AND THE GHOST TOILET

MEET THE GHOST TOILET TEAM

Writer & Director - Kara White

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Kara is an award-winning Director and Producer of short films, documentaries, web series, and commercials. With a love for storytelling and passion for tales of strong

women, she directed the award-winning short film “The Resistance” about women spies in WWII France. Kara also has a passion for horror films: the stories of WWII resistance fighters feel like a horror movie. She has also directed the documentary/narrative film “Rise Above: WASP” about the Women Airforce Service Pilots from WWII.

 

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She has received Emmy nominations for Directing, Writing, and Research and has won Emmy awards for Writing, Best Documentary, and Technical Achievement, along with multiple film festival awards (Best Drama, Director, Screenplay, Editing, Audience Choice Award). Her feature length script, “The Aviatrix”, was selected as a finalist in the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival.

Director of Photography - Amy Faust

Amy Faust is an award winning Cinematographer and International Camera Guild camera operator. A 20 year veteran in the field, Amy serves on the Guild’s National Executive Board in the Central Region and chairs both the Central Region Women's Committee and the National Health and Welfare committee. She is passionate about protecting the work/life balance of our crews. Amy teaches Cinematography and Motion Picture Production at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She was also a founding board member of Women In Film Cincinnati. Lifting up women in the industry is a passionate mission for Amy. Filming Ghost Toilet will continue the legacy of collaborating with other powerful women to bring films to life with dynamic and powerful cinema.

 

Amy’s camera work can be viewed in Emilio Estevez’s The Public, Netflix’s Turtles All The Way Down and Hulu’s Point Blank. Photography, a short film she shot in collaboration with Hemlock Films and Tri-C Academy is currently making the film festival rounds, garnering accolades along the way and has been Emmy nominated. Her clients also include Showtime, Hulu, HBO & MTV. 

 

In her spare time, you can find Amy buried under her two small kids, tickling them until they squeal for mercy!

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