northern star films
about us
northern star films
Illuminating Untold Stories with Inspiring Cinema
MISSION STATEMENT:
Northern Star films is a Montana-based independent film production company whose mission is to illuminate lesser known subjects with compelling narratives and storytelling that challenges, inspires, and enlightens.
NORTHERN STAR FILMS
our team
Peggy Mecham
Director, Scriptwriter, Producer
As a theatre director in Philadelphia, Peggy directed over 60 plays both professionally and at the college level. She continues to work as a director and artistic director, with responsibilities for creative, budgeting, casting and hiring decisions. Peggy was a producer on Western/Mystery fi lm, Death on the Dearborn (SAG – in post-Production), In High Germany (SAG 2023), and a short documentary The Bitterroot at War: Vietnam (2025). She is currently producing and co-writing Field of Shadows and Whisper of the War (in development).
christian jessop
Scriptwriter, Producer, Actor
Christian produced two Westerns, both fi lmed in Montana–Trail of Justice, distributed by Lionsgate and Death on the Dearborn (SAG), currently in post-production. He also played the lead in Trail of Justice, in addition to co-writing the script, and played Deputy Percy in Death on the Dearborn. Christian worked as an editor on both movies. He also produced In High Germany (SAG), which streamed in 2022 and produced and edited a short documentary The Bitterroot at War: Vietnam (2025). Christian is co-writing Field of Shadows and Whisper of the War (in development) which he will also produce.