Edward Pack Davee

Inspired by true events, How the Fire Fell follows the dramatic rise and fall of the Brides of Christ religious cult from turn of the century Corvallis Oregon. 

Written, directed, and edited by Edward P. Davee

91 minutes. Super-16mm. Narrative Feature.

"Best Feature" - NW Film Forum's Local Sightings Film Festival

Official Selection in the Nashville Film Festival, NW Filmmaker's Festival, and several others, as well as a number of "director in attendance" screenings. Extended theatrical runs in Corvallis Oregon, and Seattle Washington. Distributed by FilmBuff. Available on Amazon Instant.

Starring: Joe Haege, David Poland, Maren McGuire, Brighid Thomas, Rachael Perrell, Sara Robbin, Jon Ashley Hall, Krizia Amber, Alana Crow, Jason Haines, Jacob Reehl

Produced by Kristin Marie and Edward P. Davee

Director of photography - Scott Ballard

Original soundtrack by John Askew and Joe Haege

Press: 

Indiewire

The Entertainer

The Dissolve

Portland Monthly

"The avant-garde storytelling is actually not unlike Steve McQueen’s excellent “Hunger.” The films are quite different, but what they share is a knack for evoking a specific time and place, mostly through atmosphere and visuals. You won’t learn a lot about these people or this time, but you will feel transported into a sort of tone poem dreamlike ambience." - Indiewire

In a post-traumatic haze during WWII, a Chaplain, infantryman, and 16mm combat photographer find themselves AWOL together in the forests near the German/Belgium border as the brutal winter of 1944 rapidly approaches. 

Writen, directed, and edited by Edward P. Davee

75 minutes. Super-16mm and regular 16mm. Narrative Feature.

Winner of:

Oregon Arts Commission's Oregon Media Arts Fellowship.

RACC Project Grant.

RACC Innovation Award

OAC Professional Development Grant. 

2003/04 Crowfilm, film/video, Hand Processed film. Experimental documentary. 20 minutes

An experimental documentary on crows, partially inspired by Vertov. Premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, screened at several other festivals and art galleries around the world, was widely distributed on DVD (by Docurama), inspired a short story by novelist Peter Rock, and received the blessings of Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennen, who personally granted permission to use their song, "Fawn" featured in the opening scene.

2005 Below, experimental video. 7 minutes

An exploration of the mysterious world deep below our city streets. Made up entirely of “Sewer cam” footage, a mobile robotic camera used to inspect the insides of drainage pipes. It played at several festivals and was one of a handful of films selected to represent Portland filmmakers in the traveling exhibition and subsequent DVD release compilation, “Dissecting Portland”, curated by artist Melody Owen.

2006 Urban Exploration Trilogy, experimental, 3 one-minute shorts

3 shorts made for the Fugitive Art Galleries invitation only One Minute Film Festival in Nashville. The festival went on to exhibit at several venues around the world. The shorts, “Rooftop”, “Tunnel”, and “Service Corridor” were a continuation of the theme established with “Below”.

2007 Fugitive Art Galleries one minute film festival screenings

Submitted by invitation, 3 meditative super 8 shorts, Bees, Leaves, and Dream (hand- processed).