Projects and Awards

Projects:

Below is a listing of recently completed projects as writer/director/producer. Click on the name of any project to read more.

For Memories’ Sake (2009)- A half-hour essay film about my grandmother, Angela Singer, an amateur photographer and home movie maker who has taken a dozen photos every day for the last 35 years.  Status: Coming soon to festivals!

Untitled (2008) A temporary work of public art in the form of a storefront window video installation that is a modest, public celebration of the beauty and mystery of home movies, those luminous artifacts of our private histories – histories that each of us carry with us. Created with filmmaker Paul Harrill for The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge.

Only Strangers Use the Front Door (2008) A curated installation of photographs and 8mm home movies highlighting the work of amateur photographer Angela Singer. Created for the 2008 Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival. Time Immemorial (2007) A web-based interactive narrative about the South, a Southerner, and Time that no longer exists. Exhibited at the 2007 UFVA New Media Exhibition.

Pretty Bird (2006). Narrative. Running time: 14 minutes. Shot on Super 16mm.

Pigeons (2006). Documentary. Running time: 6 minutes. Shot on HDV.

Men, In Uniform (2004). Documentary. Running time: 4 minutes. Shot on PAL video.

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Film and New Media Awards:

  • Best Documentary, University Film & Video Association, Faculty Juried Film Competition, 2009.
  • Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts & Cinema Commissioning Grant, Virginia Tech, 2009.
  • Southern Humanities Media Fund Grant, 2008.
  • Project Grant, Virginia Commission for the Arts, 2007-08.
  • Temple University Thesis Completion Grant, 2007.
  • Best New Media Work, Diamondscreen Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
  • Beatrice Leder New Media Scholarship, 2007.
  • Ben Lazaroff Scholarship for Interactive Media Writing, 2007.
  • Project Distribution Grant, Temple University, Spring 2007.
  • Project Completion Grant, Temple University, Spring 2006.
  • Best Editing, Handheld Film Festival, Knoxville, TN, 2004.

About

Preservation Project is a collection of films, video, workshops, and events that document the ephemeral nature of everything from pigeons to Japanese paper. To learn about the origin of Preservation Project, click here.

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