After graduated from chemical engineering at the University of Calgary in 2013, McKercher spent four years working in oil and gas while producing short films, documentaries, and screening her work at the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF), and the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) $100 Film Festival. She was a BravoFACT Pitch Finalist at Calgary International Film Festival in 2016 and a participant in the Herland Mentorship Program through which she produced the short film Family Photo. She is the co-creator of The Calgary Collection, a web-series profiling Calgary’s folk music community. She began shooting Circle of Steel in late November 2017, and is scheduled to release the film in Fall 2018. Learn more about Gillian’s past and present projects at www.kinosum.com