Marshall Pampkin
- Cinematographer
- Producer
- Director
Born Marshall Pampkin II in Fayetteville, NC, the spoken word artist known as "Northstar" is a 15-year veteran of the US Army, who has also been performing at and emceeing various events since 1999. In the years that followed Northstar has traveled internationally, had 2 radio appearances, been a subject of a handful of local-area arts magazine write ups, and the open mic that he runs at Jives Coffee Lounge in Old Colorado City was recently feature in a story by KOAA News 5. In 2012 he picked up a video camera and started teaching himself cinematography. One year later he began producing live broadcasts of performance events, shortly followed by directing his first music video. Northstar relocated to Colorado in 2019, where he now resides while completing a degree in Digital Cinematography, emceeing events, and occasionally indulging in hiking & landscape photography. In February 2022 Marshall released his first short film on YouTube titled "Nonstarter."