ERIC FORBES

DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER

Eric is the director for Lasting Embers. He is a filmmaker that loves to collaborate with the team to find the perfect shot. Eric's passion lies in environmental communication and sees Lasting Embers as a great launchpad for future environmental films.

Forbes is a Colorado native, so finding the lasting embers of Colorado burning was a mission to give light to the issues facing his home state.

MATTHEW ROSS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CINEMATOGRAPHER

Originally from New York, Matthew moved to Colorado in late 2013 to seek a fresh start in his surroundings and find new passions in life. Shortly after relocating, he decided to retire from his first profession of nearly 16 years working in alternative medicine and fitness and return to school.

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Since childhood, Matthew has held an affinity for animals, wildlife, and the great outdoors. When researching programs for a new degree and career for his future, he found a two-year degree at Front Range Community College for Wildlife, f\Forestry and Natural Resource Management. He quickly applied and began studying the things he is so passionate about.

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Two years later at the urging of professors, Matthew enrolled at Colorado State University to study Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management. One year later, and due to a growing interest in photography and communications, he decided to switch majors to journalism and media communication. He would later graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Media Communication from Colorado State University in December 2019.

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Currently, Matthew is enrolled in the Master of Science degree program for Journalism and Media Communications at CSU. He is learning to research and communicate scientific information to better share important and critical environmental issues to the public focusing on documentary filmmaking.

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Matthew currently lives in Fort Collins, Colo., and in his free time enjoys wildlife and landscape photography. His future aspirations are to be an environmental and conservation communicator and photojournalist and to produce environmental and conservation-based documentary films.