About the Filmmaker

Phillip Baribeau

Phillip earned a degree in media and theatre arts from Montana State University. Following his passion for film, storytelling and adventure, he went to work in television and documentary filmmaking. His most credited broadcast series are Destination Extreme on National Geographic (field producer/DP/editor), Ax Men on The History Channel (field producer/camera operator), MeatEater on the Sportsman Channel (DP) and Mountain Men on The History Channel (camera operator). In 2008, Phillip founded Implement Productions, based in Bozeman, MT. In 2015 Phillip completed his first feature length documentary, Unbranded (director). Unbranded won the Audience Choice Award at Hot Docs in Toronto, ON, Telluride Mountain Film Festival and the Banff Mountain Film Festival. In 2017 Phillip produced and directed his second feature length film, Charged. Charged has won the Audience Award at the Sidewalk Film Festival, the Maui Film Festival, Best Feature Documentary at DOC FEST and NYC WILD Film Festival.