Bio:

Speaking/Lecture Appearances

Toronto DXNet Digifest : Speaker on DV aesthetic trends : 2002



Teaching Experience

Artsbridge : New Media teacher in the classroom : 2000-01
UCLA Design Workshops : Administrator and Teacher : 2000-01



Education

B.A. Design | Media Arts, UCLA, 2001.


Filmography/Awards Info:


Filmography

Looking for Parking
A petty tragedy - 2002
- Writer/Director/Producer -

Seven Steps
A freestyle cypher - 2002
- Director/Producer -
( IN PRODUCTION )

Nine Messages
A short narrative - 2002
- Art Director -

Stutterstep
8 dancers, 6 cameras, 1000 cuts - 2002
- Director/Producer -
( IN POST-PRODUCTION )

I Like Birds
After Effects narrative - 2001
- Writer/Animator -
SCREENINGS
Toronto Digifest: New Voices Award: Toronto, Canada (2002)
Festival of Nations: Ebensee, Austria (2002)
Downstream Film Festival: Gainesville, GA, USA (2002)

Beige
A visual poem about San Jose - 2001
- Writer/Animator -

Intersection
Music Video - 2001
- Director/Producer -

The Garden Project
Experimental narrative - 2001
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I Like Birds directed by Ramsel Ruiz USA, Narrative, 2001, After Effects DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:04 The true story of a man and his struggle for understanding in a hostile world. It is a chronicle of a man's duality as we follow the protagonist, played by Bruce High Quality, through his path from love to ha... more info

Compilations containing I Like Birds
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Tulsa Overground Film Fest Edition 2003 (MC-136)	2003	Not currently available through Microcinema International
	Independent Exposure Exhibition April 2003 Edition (MC-113)	2003	Program available for theatrical exhibition

Upcoming Screenings

Screening History
I Like Birds
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Project 101	Paris	France	2003-07-15	Event Details
Portland Center for the Advancement of Culture	Portland	USA	2003-07-12	Event Details
CSAW-Commerce Street Artist Warehouse	Houston	USA	2003-05-24	Event Details
111 Minna Gallery	San Francisco	USA	2003-04-28	Event Details
New Space, The	Portland	USA	2003-04-23	Event Details
Green Bean	Greensboro	USA	2003-04-15	Event Details

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