Portland filmmaker James Westby teams up with author Chelsea Cain to make micro-budget movie in Central Oregon

Portland filmmaker James Westby teams up with author Chelsea Cain to make micro-budget movie in Central Oregon

James Westby embraces DIY ethos to make micro-budget movies in the Pacific Northwest.Arriving in Portland, James Westby discovered the Northwest Film Center, where he quickly enrolled to study filmmaking.With cinephile obsession, grit and a DIY spirit, Westby began making very low-budget 16mm feature films. He embraced the indie ethos with a run of festival favorites throughout the 1990s, including the cult comedies “Subculture,” “Bloody Mary” a…