Complex sentence: Filmmakers Chris Smith and Sarah Price began filming Borchardt while he was attempting to put together funding for his unfinished feature "Northwestern"; after the project collapsed, Borchardt decided instead to finish "Coven", which he had started years earlier.
Split into simpler sentences: Filmmakers Chris Smith and Sarah Price began filming Borchardt while he was attempting to put together funding for his unfinished feature "Northwestern". After the project collapsed, Borchardt decided instead to finish "Coven", which he had started years earlier.