Dan Halsted(II)
Dan Halsted is the head programmer at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland
OR. He's also the founder of the Grindhouse Film Festival in Portland,
organizer of the "After Dark" series of the Portland International Film
Festival, and founder of the Shaolin Film Archive. Dan is also an avid
film collector, and in 2009, he unearthed the largest collection of
35mm martial arts films in the Western Hemisphere from an abandoned
Chinese Theater in Vancouver B.C. Dan has dedicated himself to saving
these films and presenting them to modern audiences. He hosts a monthly
"Kung Fu Theater" series in Portland, and occasionally travels with the
films to other cities.