Josh Gerritsen is a filmmaker based in Rockport, Maine. He has directed two feature films: Island Zero, a horror film that takes place on a remote island in Maine, and Magnificent Beast, a documentary about the relationship between humans and pigs. He grew up in Maine and made short films throughout his childhood, editing on VHS recorders in middle school. Like most young people, he couldn’t wait to move away from home. After four years at Skidmore College, he moved to New York City to work as a photographer. His plan was to live in NYC for decades, but reading “An Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan changed his trajectory. He came to his senses and moved back to Maine. He ran a small farm and raised heritage cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens for four years. He came to his senses again and realized that farming is not his calling, it’s filmmaking. He has a passion for sustainability, passive house design, renewal energy, and electric cars. Other passions include rowing on the ocean with his sliding seat rowboat.