JOEL GOLDHABER - Key Persons
F.I. Goldhaber, B.A. Communications, University of Washington, Seattle, started their career as an editorial production worker learning typesetting and pasteup, once necessary steps in publishing. They worked as a reporter and editor at several newspapers, as senior editor of Pen & Ink Publications, Ltd., and as marketing manager for Hewlett-Packard's commercial printing division which sold POD equipment.
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- Owner and Founder of Sweet Briar
Owner and founder of Sweet Briar, Keith Cooper takes great pride in what he does. Growing up on a ranch in Eastern Colorado, his desire to farm began in the midst of several unsuccessful attempts to grow bean plants in an old tin can. His passion for farming was sustained through a relocation to the Willamette Valley. He began looking into different options to inherit a farm from an already established farmer; however, after little success with this direction, he began considering other facets of farming.
Richard Wilhelm earned his BFA and MFA in Visual Design and Photography from the University of Oregon, and then established a design studio in Seattle, which he directed for 14 years. In addition to his films with Hare in the Gate, and his design work for hundreds of clients, Richard's photography has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and is in many public and private collections. He taught photography at the University of Oregon, Central Oregon Community College, Elderhostel for 10 years, and he has conducted over 50 photographic workshops.
Sue Arbuthnot is a filmmaker with an MFA in Film from Columbia University and a BFA in Sculpture from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. Sue founded Hare in the Gate Productions, LLC with partner Richard Wilhelm in 1999. Sue has received a Pacific Pioneer Fund grant and an Oregon Media Arts Fellowship and numerous additonal grants for her work. She teaches at the Northwest Film Center in Portland and is Vice President of the Portland Chapter of Women in Film.