Films
Steve Dorst is a documentary filmmaker based in Washington, D.C and Los Angeles. His latest documentary is Dani’s Twins (2022). His past documentary films include DirecTV’s Jobs For G.I.s (2015), Shattered Sky (2012), and the award-winning Volcanic Sprint (2007). You can watch them on DirecTV, PBS, iTunes and Amazon. He is currently in post-production on The Park with director Melissa Godoy, a story shot over 10 years in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Los Angeles Documentary Video Production – JOBS for G.I.s (trailer) for DirecTV
2015Time: 1:24:00Film's Website
STORY Jobs for G.I.s documents the struggles vets face finding a job when they separate from the military. Set in Los Angeles, which has the largest veteran population in the country, the film follows the journeys of five vets — one each from the Army, Marines,…
Shattered Sky: The Battle for Energy, Economy, and Environment
2012Time: 60:00Film's Website
STORY Thirty years ago, scientists reported a hole in the ozone layer 'the size of North America.' The culprit was a man-made chemical called CFCs, and the stakes were literally "life as we know it." Yet business remained bitterly opposed. Politicians were slow to act. Like…
Volcanic Sprint
2007Time: 52:30Film's Website
STORY The sleepy town of Buea in the Southwest Province of Cameroon hosts Africa's most grueling footrace: the Mt. Cameroon Race of Hope, a marathon-length sprint 10,000 feet up a live volcano, and back down again. To conquer the mountain, racers must overcome some of…
