Dan Halsted

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.