After receiving his M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana in 1996, he co-founded the independent filmmaking team High Plains Films in 2000. He was nominated for a national News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2008 as a co-director of the film Libby, Montana, and received the True/False West Visionary Award, given to filmmakers who have “placed an indelible mark on the world of documentary filmmaking”. Carr is also a founding board member of the Big Sky Film Institute, which runs the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Class Description: