Jeremy Peterson is a Portland area director, producer and editor of over fifty and micro-budget short including several award winning films that range in tone from lovecraftian to comedic. Founder of "a3o Studios: Independent Film", a loose group of creative filmmakers that specialize in low and no-budget, high-quality short films. In 2010 a3o Studios showed "Effulgence", a twenty minute short film at HPLFF that was based on the 2009 HPLFF winning screenplay. Jeremy also has a strong interest in world domination through extensive use of lasers, robotics and/or tamed monsters.