2002 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Phoenix

Category: Narrative Short  19min
Director: Steve Bordelon

Simon works as a disabled janitor at a classified telekinetic research lab where children are being engineered for use as weapons.  When one child reaches out to Simon to help him escape, will he come through?  A sci-fi thriller about run away technology and the strength of the human spirit.

Director: Steve Bordelon
Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, his family relocated to Southern California where Steven spent most of his youth. He received his BS in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College and MFA in Film and Video Production from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema Television. Before finishing his graduate work Steven worked for Lockheed Martin as a Systems Engineer on satellite control systems and was co-founder and CEO of NetAscension, a software company specializing in distributed computing. Phoenix, Steven’s MFA thesis film, has won several awards including the Special Jury Award from WorldFest-Houston and the CINE Golden Eagle.