Porter Farrell

A native of Midland, Texas, Porter Farrell has lived in Fort Worth, Texas since 1995. He graduated from Episcopal High School in Virginia, then earned two undergraduate degrees from UT-Austin before moving to Houston to get in the oil business. Farrell is a lifelong writer and decided when he was turning 60 to become a filmmaker for the remaining third of his life. His first project, "Windsor", starred Barry Corbin and won Best Feature in its first film festival. More accolades followed and the film was then picked up by Sony for worldwide distribution. He is in various stages on other projects: "Hate Crimes," a gritty urban thriller; "When Cowboys Die," the story of a cowboy born 100 years too late who refuses to accept his misplacement in the 20th century; and "The Press," a gripping story of a small town in South Texas caught in a battle between a drug cartel and the DEA. Other projects include "The Big Drift," about the blizzard of 1884-85 that nearly wiped out the cattle industry, and "De Profundis," about the relationship between a Midland oilman and his family and, as the oilman approaches his death, the friendship he develops with a refugee from Southeast Asia who becomes his gardener.