Gupta was involved in the first
Seattle International Film Festival, 1976, as an unpaid consultant. He was first a director, for the third festival in 1978. In which on the masthead he was listed as director with
Dan Ireland and Darryl MacDonald listed co-owners and co-owners. Greg Kachel was listed as "consultant. Gupta remained a director of the festival through 1983. The most shocking event of the festivals held at the Moore Egyptian Theatre, was on the last night of the third festival, with
Werner Herzog in person with his film Heart of Glass. Before the screening of
Heart of Glass, consultant Gred Kachel asked Dan Ireland, if he, Kachel, could introduce Herzog on stage to the audience. Ireland told him no, and that Gupta would be introducing Herzog to the audience. The lobby of the
Moore Theatre was extra large. Kachel could see that Gupta was waiting around a corner from Herzog, with Herzog being unable to see Gupta. Kachel went to the concession stand. There he poured coca cola into a largest cup, he then walked to where Gupta stood and dumped the coca cola on him. He then left Gupta gasping in shock, and walked around the corner, where he led Herzog onstage, where he introduced him to the crowd. Dan Ireland was a director of the festival until 1986, when he moved to Hollywood to become a producer. In 1995 he made his first Hollywood motion picture as a director, "The Whole Wide World (1996)." In the credits of that film is a "Special Thanks" to Greg Kachel. == Remembered ==