About the Filmmakers

Ward Serrill

Ward Serrill is the award-winning writer and director of The Heart of the Game, released by Miramax to wide critical acclaim, as well as The Bowmakers. He has created more than 90 short films including Building One House with Robert Redford and Wild America with Sissy Spacek. He recently completed his fourth feature, Dancing with the Dead: the Life and Times of Red Pine. Ward’s memoir, To Crack the World Open—Solitude, Alaska, and a Dog Named Woody was published by Girl Friday Books. His inaugural book of poetry, The Underside Color of Green, was published in 2023.

Rocky Friedman

Rocky Friedman has been managing the 1907 Rose Theatre in Port Townsend’s National Historic District for over 30 years. At the time of its restoration in 1992, it was recognized by the Washington State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation as the last surviving nickelodeon in the state. The Rose has been presenting Independent and Hollywood films, including documentaries, foreign, classics and programming from the Metropolitan Opera, National Theatre of London and the Bolshoi Ballet.

Friedman co-founded the Port Townsend Film Festival and the School of Athens Lecture Series. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California Department of Cinema. The Bowmakers is his first film as a producer.