Dustin Morrow is an award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, programmer and media artist. His work frequently explores the relationship between music and the moving image; intersections of traditional cinema and emerging media; the actor-director relationship; and genre filmmaking. He was born and raised in western Illinois, and received his MFA from the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa. He is currently a tenured faculty in the School of Film at Portland State University, where he teaches courses in screenwriting and digital cinema production. He previously taught at Temple University, Monmouth College, and the University of Iowa. He has led film education programs in Dublin, London, and New York City. He is the founding Director of the Portland Music Video Festival, and he has received grants for his work totaling more than half a million dollars.