Associate Professor
Digital & Interactive Media Production, Screenwriting, Acting
Department of Communication, Georgia State
University
I. EDUCATION
1992 MFA, Film and Television
Production,
UCLA
School of Theater, Film and Television, Los Angeles, California
Special Interests: Fiction and Documentary filmmaking, Directing the actor and the non-fiction subject, Cinema-Verité Latin American cinema, European cinema
1987 B.A., Theater Arts, Emphasis
in Film and Video Production,
UC
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California - High College Honors
Special Interests: Performance direction and theory, Classical
drama, Film theory and criticism, Popular Culture theory, Architectural and Art
history
Filmmaker, Producer
Screenwriter, Interactive Media Designer, Programmer, Essayist
III. TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
2004-2011 Associate
Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University
1998-2004 Assistant
Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University
1997-1998 Lecturer,
School of Fine Art, Department of Studio Art, University of California, Irvine
1997-1998 Lecturer,
UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, Department of Film &
Television
1989-1992 Video and Film Post-Production Teaching Assistant
and Workshop Instructor, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
IV.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (ACADEMIC)
2011 Georgia State University, Department of Communication, Reviewed applicant files for an acting instructor with expertise in Acting for Camera, participated in interviews, and recommended superlative candidate.
2011 Georgia
State University, Department of Communication, Reviewed applicant files for a
New Media scholar/practitioner and selected a short list of recommendable
candidates for consideration to College Search (2CI) Committee.
1998-11 Georgia State University, Department of
Communication, Oversees and directs the technological direction of the
department as concerns its acquisition and implementation for research and
teaching.
2005-11 Georgia State University, Department of Communication, Develops departmental diversity policy recommendations, measures attitude and climate and develops communication and instructional recommendations concerning a culturally and ethnically diverse student, faculty and staff.
2008-11 Georgia
State University, Department of Communication, Proposal for MFA in Moving Image Production (and New Media),
Co-Authored proposal, and organized faculty and administration to propose the
new program to the Regents of the University system of Georgia. Revised again
to include New Media curriculum. Application for approval pending.
2007-8 Georgia
State University, Department of Communication, Position in Documentary Film Production and
Studies. Co-wrote advertising language, produced
and placed ads, designed web banner, organized search committee, interviews,
and presentations.
2007 Georgia
State University, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, Organized and
evaluated internal applications for research support and funding from faculty
whose work relates to Latin American and Latino studies.
2007 Georgia
State University, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, Latin American Depictions of Colonization
through History, Literature and Cinema. Organized and
programmed two-day event of lectures and screenings with visiting scholars and
artists.
2002 Georgia
State University, Department of Communication, Organized
and evaluated internal applications for summer research support and funding,
and sponsorship of visiting artists and scholars.
Artistic Director and Performance Coach
2004-5 Georgia
State University, Department of Communication, ; Actors Showcase, Spring 2005, Fourteen scenes from contemporary films were performed live
on stage by student actors for four nights.
Interactive Media Producer,
Designer and Programmer
2007 http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcla/symposium:
Designed, programmed and produced a complete interactive program for the 2007
annual symposium of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies: Latin American Depictions of Colonization
through Literature, History and Cinema.
2003 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu: a personal
website for the promotion of creative work and teaching website for the easy
access to teaching materials for students.
2000 http://www.clals.gsu.edu: a
database-driven academic research center website with dynamic information
design and form-driven updates developed to provide easily managed and visually
sophisticated information to all members of the Center for Latin American and
Latino Studies (CLALS) at Georgia State University (GSU).
2000 http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwwfx
(formerly http://dael.gsu.edu): a
visually attractive website designed to attract prospective students and
showcase research facilities and the Digital Arts and Entertainment Laboratory
(DAEL) at Georgia State University (GSU).
1999 http:/www.communication.gsu.edu: a
database-driven academic departmental website with dynamic information design
and form-driven updates developed to provide easily managed and visually
sophisticated information to all members of the Department of Communication and
prospective students at Georgia State University (GSU).
1998 A Vision in the Midst of Change: An
interactive CD ROM presentation developed to persuade the Regents of the
University System of Georgia to grant the Department of Communication at
Georgia State University a Ph.D. program in Communication Studies.
Graphic Designer and
Print Production
2007 Latin American Depictions of Colonization through Literature, History
and Cinema, 2007 Symposium of the Center for Latin American and Latino
Studies. Designed and supervised production of printed
programs and posters.
2000 Digital Arts and Entertainment Laboratory (DAEL) Lobby Signs:
Designed two large and two small 4-color architectural graphics to direct visitors
to all of the facilities of DAEL at One Park Place South building at Georgia
State University (GSU).
2000 Digital Arts and Entertainment Laboratory (DAEL) Motion Graphics
Bumper: A thirty second animated and composited video segment.
Conceptualized, storyboarded, managed and Art Directed graduate students toward
its final creation.
2000 Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS): Presenting Eliseo Subiela: A
single-sided black and white poster to promote the event and attract
attendance. Appeared at the Atlanta Latin American Film Festival Screenings.
1999 The Communication Studies Ph.D.: An eight-minute digital video
presentation with voice-over narration and complex motion graphics developed
to bring awareness of the Ph.D. program in the Communication Studies discipline
at Georgia State University, and to encourage prospective students to apply to
the new program at Georgia State University (GSU). Developed graphic design of
document and supervised printing services.
1999 The Communication Studies Ph.D.: A
six-panel 4-color brochure developed to bring awareness of the Ph.D. program in
the Communication Studies discipline at Georgia State University, and to
encourage prospective students to apply to the new program at Georgia State
University (GSU). Developed all graphic design of document and supervised and
arranged printing services.
1999 Invitation to Introduce the Communication
Studies Ph.D.: A one-sided 4-color invitation to participants at the NCA
conference to celebrate the initialization of the Ph.D. program in the
Communication Studies discipline at Georgia State University, and to encourage
prospective students to apply to the new program at Georgia State University
(GSU). Developed all graphic design of document and supervised and arranged
printing services
FREELANCE MEDIA
PRODUCTION PROJECTS (FOR HIRE OR SPECULATION)
2010 Configero,
(four testimonial commercials, web video, 3-5 mins. x
4)
Creative production of campaign for new company that configures commercial
databases for client relationship management: Configero
(configero.com), documentary interview of subjects with text and music to
narrow marketing themes.
2001 S.P.L.O.S.T. for DeKalb County,
(short informational, video, 10 mins.)
Informational video promoting the creation of Special Purpose
Local Option Sales Tax for DeKalb County Public School.
1994 Voices and Choices, (short) a science-fiction
anti-tobacco educational short, this film follows the curious misadventures of
teenagers in a future where tobacco was forgotten decades ago.
1994 Rain for the Living, (feature) an
exploration into the uses of sex for power, identity and therapy - this
detective story is more poetry than perversion.
1992 A Crazy Little Mitzvah, (feature) a
Jewish boy finds the meaning of manhood when he meets his father for the first
time and passes from childhood to adolescence.
Graphic Design,
Motion Graphics Animation and Media Production
2007 Sunshine Entertainment: Motion graphic branding for film and
television production company. Conceived original logo brand and animation
design.
2003 3 Girls I Know: Designed and animated title graphics for this
feature documentary about the contemporary problems in teen girl sexuality.
Voice Performance
Director for Animation
2000 Britney, CibaVision and MacQuarium Inc.,
Web-based Flash-animated commercial directed at the teen market of contact
lenses. Comic presentation of teenage video testimonial produced as animation
through an illustrated and motion graphic camera lens.
Director and
Director of Photography
2000 Girls Inc., Kirschenbaum, Bond and
Partners West.,
Digital Video, Public Service Announcement promoting the international
non-profit community support organization for the empowerment of girls and
young women.
Director of
Photography
1994
The Dent, 16 mm, 18 mins. gritty suburban comedy
1993
When I hear the sound..., 16
mm, 14 mins. experimental
1990
Mist, 16 mm, 22 mins. experimental narrative
1988 Pictures
Lie, 16 mm, 17 mins.
experimental
Production Manager and Line
Producer / Assistant Director
2003 Once Upon a Jedi, Hi-Def, 28 mins.
1994
Voices and Choices, 16 mm, 20 mins.
1991
In Search of Juan Colorado, 16 mm, 35 mins.
1991 Blues Before Sunrise, 16 mm, 45 mins.
2009 http://www.sunshineentertainment.net: a
site promoting the New York City - Florionopolis,
Brazil based film and television production company. Exhibits video samples and
flash interface programming.
2005 http://www.3girlsiknow.com: a site for
the promotion and sale of a documentary on the sexual mishaps and survival of
three teenage girls across the United States. (dir.
Paula Mozen)
2004 http://www.kesslercitylofts.com: a
community-based site that supports the informational needs of a downtown
condominium and its homeowners association
1997
...dos, tres,
muchos Guevaras,
an interpretive digital installation at the Fowler
Museum's exhibition, Che Guevara: Icon, Myth and
Message. This project represents the global political influence of this 20th
Century thinker guerrilla through the art his life and ideas inspired.
NEW MEDIA POSITIONS & BUSINESS VENTURES
1996-1997
Technical Director
Lab For New Media, UCLA School of Theater, Film
and Television, Los Angeles, California. Administer and coordinate digital activities, equipment and
software. Design courseware and interface technology with curriculum for
expressive and experimental web and disk based creations.
1996-1997
Interactive Multi-Media Producer & Senior
Partner
TimeDesign Media Company, Los Angeles.
Developed, wrote and produced interactive
commercial online promotional media. Clients included:
Clicquot Inc. (beverage) clicquot.com
One Thirty-Three Inc. (TV commercial production) one33.com
1996
Interactive Designer & Programmer
i33 Communications, New York City.
Developed interactive commercial and non-profit
promotional and informational systems for the world wide web.
Clients included:
The
Cinema Guild (non-theatrical film distributor) cinemaguild.com
Leukemia Society of America (non-profit public service) leukemia.org
Reuters Health Information Services (medical news service) reutershealth.com
American Heart Association (non-profit public service) aha.org
1995 - 1996 Interactive Multi-Media Producer &
Senior Partner
RedRover Media Company, New York City.
Developed, wrote and produced interactive
commercial entertainment and online corporate promotional media. Projects and
clients included:
NYNEX: this premiere internet presence for the East Coast
telecommunications giant was part static, and part database dynamic. This
enormous site was the envy of the marketing department. nynex.com
One-Thirty-Three: this commercial production company was a pioneer in
showcasing its television commercial directors online. one33.com:
Cinema Guild: a tasteful interpretation of the catalog of programs
offered by this long-standing distributor of non-theatrical films and videos. cinemaguild.com
Core Magazine: a thoughtful digital publication on the global culture of
sex and desire, this cyber-magazine turned linear content into spiraling
databases that demonstrated unique characteristics of web media. Invited
appearance at Best of New York Design awards show. coremag.com
1995
Interactive Multi-Media Producer
ContentWare, New
York City.
Coordinated the production of retail catalogs
on CD ROM and the Internet with a groundbreaking company that gained the
largest variety of products and the widest distribution of discs. Guided the
production process from beginning to end so that all elements were produced on
schedule to the clients' specifications.
TRADITIONAL MEDIA POSITIONS
1994 Story Editor & Researcher,
CBS and Blakeney
Films, Los Angeles
Developed scripts for new television series. Generated and commented on story ideas, and
researched details related to new episodes, their settings and characters.
1992-93 Post-Production Coordinator & Video
Editor
1/33 Productions, Los
Angeles & New York City
Supervised
the post-production of commercials. Edited on a 3/4" SP off-line system.
After completion of off-line editorial, supervised the on-line process to
1" and digital media.
2010-11 Interactive Media Workshop, Georgia
State University, 4 Credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
2005-11 Screenwriting for the Short Film,
Georgia State University, 3 Credits, semester system, Department of
Communication.
1998-2011 Acting for the Camera, Georgia State
University, 4 credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
2001-11 Digital Moving Image Production, Georgia
State University, 4 credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
2001-11 Digital Postproduction, Georgia State
University, 4 credits, semester system, Department of
Communication.
2009-10 Sound Design for Film & TV/Media,
Georgia State University, 4 Credits, semester system,
Department of Communication.
2006 Documentary Film (History and Theory),
Georgia State University, 3 Credits, semester system, Department of
Communication.
2005 Audio-Post Production, Georgia State
University, 3 Credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
2004 Cuba Today: The Media and Popular Arts of
Contemporary Cuba, Georgia State University,
Study Abroad Program, 3 Credits, semester system, Department of Communication
2000 Digital Filmmaking, Georgia State
University, 4 credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
1998-2000 Digital Motion Imaging, Georgia State
University, 3 and 4 credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
1999 Contemporary Hollywood Cinema, Georgia
State University, 3 and 4 credits, semester system, Department of Communication.
1998 Digital Video Workshop, UC Irvine School
of the Arts, 4 units, quarter system, Department of Studio Art.
1997 Interactive Narrative Workshop, UCLA
School of Theater Film and Television, 4 units, quarter system, Department of
Film and Television.
1997
Creative
Authoring for the World Wide Web, UCLA School of Theater
Film and Television, 4 units, quarter system, Department of Film and
Television.
CREATIVE PROJECTS
2011 Transmigration, (feature fiction,
Hi-Def, 96 mins) An American seeks escape from the
landscape of his barren world so he meets up with his estranged brother, a
Brazilian biologist who researches in the Amazon. Alcohol, jungle heat and snake bite combine to create dreams and hallucinations that
release the fantasies and fears of a damaged masculine psyche. [completed, Premiere at international festival in Brazil]
2011 Portraits of the Malecón,
(documentary, DV,
52 mins.) The musings of three Cubans
from Havana, share their views quite literally, of the
seawall that separates the city from the sea, and is the public refuge and
living room (sometimes bedroom) of this great Latin American city. [completed, Premiere at documentary festival in Miami]
2011 Disclosures:, (short fiction, Hi-Def, 22 mins.) The date before sex is the last chance for full
disclosure of sexual histories for two singles looking for a serious
relationship. Past, present and future collapse in the minutes before the stories
spill out of their mouths. Sheldon Schiffer developed the concept and
contributed to the writing with screenwriter Christian Lockerman.
[completed, Premiere at festival in Atlanta]
2007 Nailed!, (short fiction, Hi-Def
video, 40 mins.) A Brazilian immigrant in search of a
husband before her visa expires becomes ensnared in the scam of a pair
counterfeit green card producing con artists. Produced, co-written and directed
by Sheldon Schiffer, Atlanta.
2003 Comeuppance, (short fiction, Hi-Def
video, 28 mins.) a woman spoken-word poet, intervenes
in a racial conflict and uses the magical power of cinema to show how we might
make peace.
2003 O-Negative (short fiction, Hi-Def video,
7 1/2 mins.) a white French patient in a hospital run
by black African-Americans overcomes her fear of blood transfusions from
racially different donors through her admiration of Gospel music
2003 The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag,
(feature documentary, video, 58 mins. TV version) Three 30-something men evolve from the punk culture of their
youth, into adulthood, through the creation of a lounge-punk band.
1999 The Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble,
(television magazine segment for public broacasting,
video, 6 mins.) Documentary video
segment on the artistic work and social accomplishments of the Atlanta-based
musical-theater performance group.
1993
Memories of Tata, (feature documentary, 16 mm, 52 mins.)
Personal documentary film about manhood, memory and machismo, exploring the constructions of identity instilled by the Latino family and its patriarchal values.
1992
Dad's Last Flight, (feature fiction, 16 mm, 52 mins.)
Stuck in a depressive malaise, a son must find wisdom in the
delusory dreams of his wayward father so that he might regain his desire to
return to his family.
1989
One Night, (short fiction, 16 mm, 3 mins.)
Sex
remakes memory in time, a film about a one night
stand.
1987
Frank and Dora, (short fiction, 16 mm, 3 mins.)
A
fictional letter gives meaning to the visual documents of two people.
1987
Narcissus, (short fiction, 16 mm, 3 mins.)
The
film itself becomes the reflective pool for the filmmaker.
1987
Ajax, video, (multi-camera TV, 87 mins.)
A televisual
interpretation of a politically subversive theatrical performance of the
ancient Greek play by Sophocles.
1986
Echo Me Quietly, (short poetry, Super 8, 13 mins.)
A poetic waxing on one man's reasons to live.
Moving Image
Composer and Editor for Moving Image Media
2011 Portraits on the Malecón,
six cues with piano, cello and percussion. Written, performed and recorded
for hour-long documentary about the seawall in Havana, Cuba, and the
personalization of civic architecture.
2007 Nailed!, eight
cues for guitar and percussion. Written, performed and recorded for 40-minute
fiction film about an immigrant's journey to find love, endure betrayal and
maybe obtain a Green Card.
2003 Comeuppance, four cues for piano and
strings were written and performed electronically for this short fiction film
about a woman spoken-word poet who intervenes in a racial and religious
conflict and uses the magical power of cinema to show how we might make peace.
Electronic music was composed and performed by collaborator Mike Koenig. Scores
were mixed, edited and layered by Schiffer.
Interactive Author,
Designer and Programmer
2011 Transmigration (www.sunshineentertainment.net/transmigration).
A website promoting the fiction film, providing interactive components for press and audience.
2012 Portraits on the Malecón
(www.mysteriouspictures.com/malecon). A website
promoting the documentary, providing interactive components for press and audience..
2008 The Black Velvet Flag Forum (www.schiffer.gsu.edu/blackvelvetflag/bvfforum). A fan
commentary website completely programmed in PHP to provide community response
to the music of the band, and to provide an experimental means to study an web-based audience response.
2008 The Black Velvet Flag Game (www.schiffer.gsu.edu/blackvelvetflag/game). A flash
based "board" game that translates the musical and cultural concept of the band
into a playable dice rolling game. All media produced in Flash and Actionscript programming and playable on the Internet.
2006 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu/malecón, promotional
website for the upcoming documentary film, Portraits on the Malecón,
an experimental documentary on the social uses of the historic architectural
monument, the 7 kilometer-long sea wall that protects the city of Havana from
the waves of the Florida straits.
2007 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu/nailed, promotional
website and press kit for the medium-length film, Nailed!,
about a Brazilian immigrant who endures love and betrayal with her Green card forger.
2003 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu/onegative, promotional
website and press kit for the short film, O-Negative.
Interviews, stills from the film, related links, reviews,
screening history, credits, synopsis and web animation serve the interested
festival programmer or reviewer.
2003 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu/comeuppance,
promotional website and press kit for the short film Comeuppance. Extensive interviews, trailer of the film in two
digital formats, credits and bios, screening history and awards are exhibited
online and serve the interested festival programmer or reviewer.
2003 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu, teaching, research and
creative production material are presented online to assist students, grant
reviewers and others interested in my intellectual and creative
accomplishments.
2002 http://www.schiffer.gsu.edu/blackvelvetflag,
promotional website and press kit. Extensive interviews, samples of the film,
music and documentary assets are exhibited online and in print. Subject
biographies and film credits give opportunity for media journalists and film
enthusiasts to find out more about the film.
2000 The Rise and Fall of
Black Velvet Flag, an
Interactive Documentary, an experimental exploration of the documentary
material collected for the film compiled and programmed for CD-ROM. The viewer
has the ability to interact and create aleatory experiences that both consider
the interests of the viewer and the intentions of the author. We follow three
men's rise and fall of fame and misfortune as they ride the crest of popularity
between retro-lounge and punk music and culture. Theirs is a universal story of
the co-option of political impetus by the commercial forces of the cultural
marketplace.
1995 The Old Road, an Interactive Documentary, an early form of interactive
documentary that examines the
commercial architecture and road design of US Route 66, a winding and now defunct highway that travels
from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Screenwriting
for films and videos
2011 Kismet, (feature fiction, co-writer) Two doctors, partners in a
clinic, hold the vaccine for hepatitis-C. One wants to save the infected, the
other wants fame and wealth. The two duel to the death in ways that only
doctors know how to kill, for control of the future of their research.
Ultimately, the film asks the question, can any extraordinary human achievement
ever go uncorrupted by the ego-centric passions of
their creators? Also completed the television pilot version.
2010 Goodbye Komárom, (feature fiction,
co-writer) A Hungarian family makes a harrowing escape from post-Holocaust
Hungary with the help of a secret agent from the Haganah
– a group of Zionist commandos who aided the passage of Eastern European
Holocaust survivors to the budding nation of Israel. Re-written,
and formerly titled Eboy.
2009 Transmigration, (feature fiction,
Hi-Def, 96 mins) An American seeks escape from the
landscape of his barren world so he meets up with his estranged brother, a
Brazilian biologist who researches in the Amazon. Alcohol and jungle heat
combine to create dreams and hallucinations that release the fantasies and
fears of a damaged masculine psyche. [selected for
production by investment company: Sunshine Entertainment Group]
2005 Nailed!, (short fiction) A Brazilian immigrant in
search of a husband before her visa expires becomes ensnared in the scam of a
pair counterfeit green card producing con artists. Sheldon Schiffer develop
concept and co-wrote with screenwriter Loretta Paraguassu.
2005 Disclosures, (short fiction) The date before sex is the last chance for full disclosure
of sexual histories for two singles looking for a serious relationship. Past,
present and future collapse in the minutes before the stories spill out of
their mouths. Sheldon Schiffer developed the concept and co-wrote with screenwriter
Christian Lockerman.
2003 Fugue, (feature, seeking funding and
competition recognition) a woman spoken-word poet, suffers an acute case of
psychogenic amnesia. As she discovers her own identity, she realizes that the
trauma of her illness was caused by her own crime of passion – the murder
of her lover.
2001 Comeuppance, (short, shot in May
2001, completed in 2003) a woman spoken-word poet, intervenes in a racial
conflict and uses the magical power of cinema to show how we might make peace.
2001 O-Negative, (short, shot in April 2001,
completed in 2003) a white European patient in a hospital run by black
African-Americans overcomes her fear of blood transfusions from racially
different donors through her admiration of Gospel music.
BROADCAST & DISTRIBUTION
2005 Black
Family Channel, (BFC, November 2005, National Cable Broadcast), Comeuppance was broadcast in more
than 200 cable network outlets that received the BFC signal nationwide on a
program entitled, Independent Showcase.
2003 Cinema Guild, (Non-Theatrical Distributor) The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag was
acquired by the non-theatrical (academic and professional organization
screenings) distribution company.
1999 A Celebration of the Arts
(Local Public Television Arts Magazine Broadcast), The Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble, documentary segment of the
program, aired twice on Georgia Public Television, PBS affiliate, December 1999
1996 Cinema Guild, (Non-Theatrical Distributor) Dad's Last Flight was acquired by
the non-theatrical (academic and professional organization screenings)
distribution company.
1994 Point of View a.k.a. POV, (National Public Television
Program) Memories of Tata
was acquired by the program for its 1994 series. It was broadcast on June 28, 1994 on a North
American satellite PBS feed.
1994 Cinema Guild, (Non-Theatrical Distributor) Memories of Tata was acquired by
the non-theatrical (academic and professional organization screenings)
distribution company.
JURIED
SCREENINGS AND SCREENPLAY READINGS
2011 New
York Brazilian International Short Film Festival, Mid-Town Manhattan, New York
City, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2011 Atlanta Shorts Festival,
Georgia, Juried Screening, Disclosures
2011 Oaxaca
International Independent Film & Video Festival, Oaxaca City, Mexico,
Juried Screening, Portraits on the Malecón
2011 Chagrin
Falls Documentary Film Festival, Chagrin Falls (Cleveland), Ohio, Juried Screening,
Portraits on the Malecón
2011 Atlanta
International Documentary Film Festival, Georgia, Juried Screening, Portraits on the Malecón
2011 Miami
International Documentary Film Festival, Juried Screening, Portraits on the Malecón
2011 Cinesol, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Juried Screening, Portraits on the Malecón
2011 Cuiabá International Film and Video Festival, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso
Brazil, Juried Screening, Transmigration
2011 University
Film and Video Association, Emerson University, Juried Screening, Portraits on the Malecón
2011 University
Film and Video Association, Emerson University, Boston, Juried Reading, Kismet
2008 University
Film and Video Association, Colorado College, Juried Screening, Disclosures
2008 Decatur Film and Arts
Festival, Georgia, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2007 Curitiba International Film
Festival, Curitiba, Brazil, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2007 Boston Latino Film Festival,
Boston, Massachusetts, Juried Screening,
Nailed!
2007 New England Film
and Video Festival, Brookline/Boston, Massachusetts, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2006 Santa
Barbara African Heritage Film Series, Invited Screening (3rd
screening), Comeuppance
2007 Atlanta
Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2007 Sweet Auburn International
Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2006 CineSol
Film Festival 2006, Brownsville, Texas, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2006 University Film and
Video Association, Chapman University, Juried Screening, Nailed!
2006 Santa
Barbara African Heritage Film Series, Invited Screening (2nd
screening), Comeuppance
2005 Urban Literary Film
Festival, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
2005 San Francisco Black Film
Festival, Juried Screening, O-Negative
2005 Spaghetti Junction Urban Film
Festival, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
2005 Spaghetti Junction Urban Film
Festival, Juried Screening, O-Negative
2005 Santa Barbara African
Heritage Film Series, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
2004 University
Film and Video Association Conference, University of Toledo, Juried Screening, O-Negative
2004 University
Film and Video Association Conference, Juried Screenplay Reading, Fugue
2004 Dallas
International Video Festival, Juried Screening, O-Negative
2004 Dallas
International Video Festival, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
2004 San
Francisco Black Film Festival, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
2004 Independent
Black Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, Juried Screening O-Negative
2004 Independent
Black Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, Juried Screening Comeuppance
2003 IMAGE
Film and Video Locals-Only Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, Juried Screening O-Negative
2003 Decatur Film Festival,
Decatur, Georgia, Juried Screening Comeuppance
2003
DeKalb
County Film Forum, Decatur, Georgia,
Comeuppance
2003
University
Film and Video Association, University of South Carolina, Juried Screening, The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag
2003 Atlanta Film Festival, Juried
Screenplay Reading, Nailed!
2003 University
Film and Video Association, University of South Carolina, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
2003 San
Francisco Indie Film Festival, Micro-cinema, The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag
1995
San Antonio Latino Film
Festival, Juried Screening, Memories
of Tata
1994
Chicago Latino Film Festival,
Juried Screening, Memories of Tata
1994
Margaret Mead Documentary
Film Festival, Juried Screening, Memories
of Tata
1993
San Francisco Latino Film
Festival, Juried Screening, Memories
of Tata
1993
South Beach Film Festival,
Juried Screening, Memories of Tata
1993 Philadelphia International
Film Festival, Juried Screening, Dad's
Last Flight
1993 Big Muddy Film Festival,
Juried Screening, Dad's Last Flight
1988 San Francisco Poetry Film
Festival, Juried Screening, Echo Me
Quietly
INVITED
SCREENINGS, PAPERS AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2010 Towson
State University, Nailed! Guest lecturer and presenting filmmaker at the annual
Brazilian-American Film Festival and Conference for the study of Brazilian
culture in the United States, Brazil and abroad.
2009 Latin
American Studies Association (LASA), at the Pontificate Catholic University
(PUC), Rio de Janeiro "Spiritual
Formalism: Latin American Inspirations of a Phenomenological Cinema,"
Presentation of written research and cinema criticism. An analysis of Marijins, Zé do caixao and Araujo's, As tentacões do irmão Sebastião through the
phenomenological lens of candomblé.
2009 Georgia State University Research at the Foundation of the House Rui Barbosa (FCRB), "Phenomenological Inspirations of a Work in Progress: Transmigration," Presentation of video clips from the new film with a discursive presentation of aesthetic philosophy.
2008 Brazilian
Studies Association (BRASA), "Um Batizado Cinematográfica / A
Cinematic Baptism: Candomble and Capoeira
in Hollywood Cinema," Presentation of written research and cinema
criticism.
2008 University
of California, Santa Cruz, "Creating
Performances for Community Filmmaking," Presentation of research and cinema
production techniques.
2007 Harvard
University, Department of Romance Languages,
Nailed! Guest lecturer and presenting filmmaker at the annual Brazil
Week 2007 festival and conference for the study of Brazilian culture and
the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
2007 Georgia
State University, Center for Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Nailed! Guest lecturer and presenting
filmmaker, Annual Symposium on Colonization
2007 University
of Georgia, Department of Romance Languages, Nailed! Guest lecturer and presenting filmmaker
2007 Atlanta-Rio
Sister Cities, Community Outreach Film Screening Celebrating Brazilian-American
Immigration Nailed! Guest lecturer
and presenting filmmaker
2007 School
for Excellence High School, The Bronx, New York, 11th and 12th
Grade Outreach
Film Screening Celebrating Civil Rights Comeuppance,
Guest lecturer and filmmaker
2006 University
Film and Video Association, "Clarissa:
Mental Embraces," chapter from forthcoming Portraits of the Malecón
2006 Cine
Coixpones (Year of the Woman Film Series), Invited
Screening, Universidade Federal do Mato Groso, Brazil, Nailed!
2005 Eyedrum Inc., Atlanta, Nailed!, Guest Artists
presentation. Curated community arts organization
screening.
2004 University
of Arizona, Tucson, Department of Media Arts, Guest Lecturer and Screening,
"Creating Trans-Ethnic Characters" and Comeuppance
2004 American
Culture Association / Popular Culture Association, National Conference, San
Antonio, Texas, "The Performing Art of the Cover Song: Reifying the Past,
Justifying the Present," Chair for panel, Rock, Film, and Contemporary Arts: Talking About My
Generation: Identity and Rock and Roll
2004
American
Culture Association / Popular Culture Association, National Conference, San
Antonio, Texas, The Rise and Fall of
Black Velvet Flag
2003 Towson
University, Maryland, Department of Electronic Media and Film, Guest Lecturer
and Screening, Memories of Tata and O-Negative
2003
University
Film and Video Association Conference, Industry and New Technologies Panel, "A
Phenomenological Discussion of Production Management in the Time of Digital
Culture"
2003 Stanford
University, California, Producción y Expresión: Course in film directing offered by the Center
for Latin American Studies by the renown film director, Eliseo
Subiela. Screened Comeuppance
and facilitated discussion.
2000 Narrative:
An International Conference, sponsored by the International Society for the
Study of Narrative Literature, "When Storytelling Becomes Gambling:
Implications of Databases on Narrative Logic"
1999 American
Association of Artificial Intelligence: Narrative Intelligence Panel, Presented
paper and interactive CD-ROM, "The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag: An
'Intelligent' System for Youth Culture Documentary" and The Rise and Fall
of Black Velvet Flag, an Interactive Documentary
1999 Interactive
Frictions Conference: Database Culture Panel, University of Southern
California, Department of Cinema Studies, Presented paper and interactive
CD-ROM, "The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag: An 'Intelligent' System
for Youth Culture Documentary" and The
Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag, an Interactive Documentary
1999 Center
for Latin American and Latino Studies, Symposium Presentation and Screening: 100 Years of Latin American Cinema,
Georgia State University, "How Men Learn to Be Men: Reflections on the
Making of Memories of Tata,"
Presented paper and video clip.
PUBLICATIONS – JOURNAL ARTICLES
2010 The
Cover Song As Historiography: Marker Of Ideological Transformation" in Play it Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music, Forthcoming 2010, Ashgate
Press.
2008 "Preparing
to Perform the Other: Developing Roles 'Different' than One's Self" to appear
in Filming Difference, c. 2008,
University of Texas Press.
2000 "Ross
McElwee", Critical
Guide to Contemporary Directors, Wallflower Press, c. 2001
2000 "Alexander
Payne", Critical Guide to Contemporary
Directors, Wallflower , c. 2001
2000 "The
Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag: An 'Intelligent'
System for Youth Culture Documentary", Narrative
Intelligence. Michael Mateas and Phoebe Sengers, ed. Advances in Consciousness Series. Amsterdam: John
Benjamins Publishing Company, c. 2002. Revised from published proceedings of
1999.
1999 "The
Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag: An 'Intelligent' System for Youth Culture
Documentary", conference proceedings published in Papers from the 1999 AAAI Fall Symposium, AAAI
Press (American Association of Artificial Intelligence)
1999 "Morbid
Fascinations Into Active Transformations", Atlanta Press, Editorial Column, Two Cents, Commentary on the news
coverage of the death of JFK Jr., August 1999.
1986 "At
the Center of Johns' Target", Voyeur, vol. 3, num. 1, an analysis
of Jasper Johns' recognition of the power of the graphic signifier over the eye
and the body.
1985 "A Classical Referent of
Photography and Fashion", Voyeur, vol. 1 no. 3
PUBLISHED CITATIONS & REVIEWS OF CREATIVE WORK
2009 Marcus,
Alan, "The Other Latinos," Journal of
Latin American Anthropology, book review of The Other Latinos, Jose Luis Falconi and
Jose Antonio Mazzotti, eds.
The Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, Cambridge: Harvard
University Press. Reference to Nailed!
2008 Tosta, Luciano, "American Dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the
Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature." The Other Latinos, Jose Luis Falconi and Jose Antonio Mazzotti,
eds. The Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American
Studies, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2008. Comparative and interpretive
discourse of the film Nailed! (Reprinted
article in new text.)
2007 Tosta, Luciano, "American Dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the
Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature." Companion to US Latino
Literatures. Carlota Caulfield & Darién Davis, eds. London: Boydell &
Brewer, 2007. Comparative and interpretive discourse of the film Nailed!
2005 Campos,
Eric, Review of The Rise and Fall of
Black Velvet Flag, appearing in Film Threat, April 6, 2005 online
at: www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=7334
2004
Hendrix,
Dean, Review of The Rise and Fall of
Black Velvet Flag, appearing in Educational Media Reviews Online,
June 18, 2004, online at: www.libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/emroDetail.asp?Number=1638
2003 Skitic,
John, Review of The Rise and Fall of
Black Velvet Flag, appearing in Library Journal,
EDITORIAL/REVIEWER OF ARTICLES, BOOKS &
FILM/VIDEO PROJECTS
2008 Dark Secrets of Red Fruits, by David Tetzlaff,
Respondent. Wrote review on his fiction film based on a short story set in
colonial New England. Lead public discussion after screening the film to
audience at University Film Video Association Conference.
2008 Grandma Has a Video Camera, by Tânia Cypriano, Respondent. Wrote review about her documentary
film. Lead public discussion after screening at the "Brazilian-Americans in
Georgia and Beyond: a Multi-Disciplinary Symposium," University of Georgia.
2006 There Goes the View, by Carolyn McCartney, Respondent. Wrote review
about her experimental documentary on the commercial appropriation of public
space. Lead public discussion after screening the film to audience at
University Film Video Association Conference.
2006 Sita, A Girl from Jambu, by Kathleen Mann,
Respondent, Wrote review and lead public discussion after screening her
ethnographic documentary film to audience at University Film Video Association
Conference.
2005 Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to
Directing Actors in Film & Television, Lenore Dekoven,
Focal Press, 2006, Book Review for publisher.
2005 The Grammar of the Shot, Roy Thompson. Focal
Press, 1998. Book Review for publisher.
2004 In the Bathroom ,
by Jaqueline Frost, Respondent, Wrote review and lead
public discussion after screening the film to audience at University Film Video
Association Conference.
2004 Out with a Bang, by Rob Sabal, Respondent, Wrote review and lead public discussion
after live reading of the script to audience at University Film Video
Association Conference..
2004 Liver on the Run, by Evan Smith,
Respondent, Wrote review and lead public discussion after live reading of the
script to audience at University Film Video Association Conference.
2003 Armond and Jon, by Ed Feil.
Respondent, Wrote review and lead public discussion after screening the film to
audience at University Film Video Association Conference.
2000 Journal of Film and Video, Anonymous
Reader, Reviewed for publication one article under consideration for editor Dr.
Frank Tomasulo.
GRANTS AND
EXTERNAL FUNDING
2011 Center
for Latin American and Latino Studies, Georgia State University Professional
Advancement Grant & Institutional Support Grant, for festival submission
and presentation and travel expenses Portraits on the Malecón.
2010 Center
for Latin American and Latino Studies, Georgia State University Professional
Advancement Grant & Institutional Support Grant, for the project Transmigration for post-production.
2007 Georgia
State University, Research Initiation Grant for Creative Project, for
completion of post-production for the documentary Portraits of the Malecón
2007 Center
for Latin American and Latino Studies, Georgia State University Professional
Advancement Grant, Portraits of the Malecón for post-production
2005 City
of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Contract of Individual Artist Project,
for the production of Nailed!
2004 Center
for Latin American and Latino Studies, Georgia State University Professional
Advancement Grant, for production of Portraits of
the Malecón
2004 Department
of Communication, Georgia State University, Summer Research and Creative Projects
Fund, for production of Portraits of the Malecón
2003 Department
of Communication, Georgia State University, Summer Research and Creative
Projects Fund for article Preparing to
Perform the Other.
2001 Department
of Communication, Georgia State University, Summer Research and Creative
Projects Fund for production of Comeuppance
1999
Department
of Communication, Georgia State University, Summer Research and Creative
Projects Fund for production of The Rise
and Fall of Black Velvet Flag
1994 National
Latino Communications Consortium - Minority Investment Fund Grant
1993 Western
States Regional Media Arts Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1993
Andy
Warhol Fund for the Visual Arts Grant
1993
MacArthur
Foundation Grant
1987-91
Jacob K. Javits National Fellow
1985-87
University
of California Regents Scholar
VIII.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MEMBERSHIP
University Film Video
Association (UFVA)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
IX. AWARDS,
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
2011 Atlanta
International Documentary Festival (Atlanta, Georgia), Best Local Filmmaker, Portraits on the Malecón
2007 Curitiba
International Film Festival 2007 (Curitiba, Brazil), Honorable Mention for
Fiction, Nailed!
2006 First
Runner-Up Best Narrative Film, University Film Video Association, Nailed!
2004 Screenplay
Competition Finalist, San Francisco Black Film Festival, Fugue
2003 Jury
Selection Committee Prize, Decatur Film Festival, Comeuppance
2003 Finalist,
IMAGE, Southeastern Mediamaker's Award, Nailed
2003
Honorable
Mention, University Film and Video Association, Juried Screening, The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag
2003 Honorable
Mention, University Film and Video Association, Juried Screening, Comeuppance
1993 Second
Place, Best Documentary, South Beach Film Festival, Memories of Tata
1988 Honorable
Mention, San Francisco Poetry Film Festival, Echo Me Quietly
X. SPECIAL
SKILLS
Software Mastery
Final Cut Pro 7
Avid Xpress and Media
Composer
Logic Pro
Soundtrack Pro 3
ProTools 9
After Effects CS5
Illustrator CS5
Photoshop CS5
Dreamweaver CS5
Fireworks CS5
Flash CS5
Premiere CS5
Maya 2010
Computer Language Fluency
ActionScript
Javascript
PHP
XHTML
CSS
XML
Human Language
Fluency
Spanish - Fluent
Portuguese - Fluent
English - Native
