Greg Carlson

BY BRADY DRAKE

reg Carlson is a professor in the Communication Studies and Theatre Art department at Concordia College in Moorhead, where he currently serves as the director of the multimedia journalism and film studies programs. Carlson has built a following as the Film Editor of the High Plains Reader, where his reviews, interviews, essays, and features have appeared in print and online since 1997.

Carlson is also the Projects Producer of the Fargo Film Festival and has volunteered since the inaugural year of the event in 2001. Every March, among other things, he programs the festival’s popular 2-Minute Movie Contest, one of the longest-running showcases of its kind. Carlson loves attending film festivals large and small, and often brings students to Park City, Utah to experience the excitement of world premieres at the Sundance Film Festival.

An accomplished filmmaker, Carlson is a four-time finalist in the Fusion/International Documentary Challenge and has produced and directed movies that have screened at Slamdance, Hot Docs, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, the South Dakota Film Festival, the Free Range Film Festival, the Orlando Film Festival, the Honolulu International Film Festival, and many others.

With Scottie Knollin, Carlson cofounded the North Dakota Film Society in 2019. He also serves on the board of directors of the Fargo Theatre, his favorite place in the world to see movies.

Carlson lives in Fargo with his wife Katie Smith, their children Forrest and Violet, and pet guinea pigs, Pluto and Galaxy.

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An Accomplished Resume

Greg Carlson has had films screened at:

• Fusion/International Documentary Challenge

• Slamdance

• Hot Docs

• Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival

• South Dakota Film Festival

• Free Range Film Festival

• Orlando Film Festival,

• Honolulu International Film Festival

• And many others.

This year's Fargo Film Festival took place March 21-25 and "JessZilla" won Best Picture.