Shannon Silva
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Wilmington North Carolina USA |
Contact Type: Artist |
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Bio:
Shannon Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Film Studies Department at UNC-Wilmington. An experimental and documentary filmmaker, her principal interests include issues of gender and poverty, the connection between written, aural and visual arts, and community-building creative initiatives. She holds a BFA in Art from Texas State University and an MFA in Film and Video Production from the University of Iowa. Her teaching experience includes: Experimental Film Production, Documentary Film Production, Materials of 16mm Film, Film Festival Management and Introduction to Film Production, as well as workshops in stop-motion animation, optical printing and cameraless and hand-processed filmmaking techniques. In addition to directing over 30 short films and videos, she has worked as Screenplay Competition Director for the Austin Film Festival and as Associate Producer for the 35mm feature Monster Hunter (Asylum Home Entertainment). Her films have screened at festivals internationally and her community work includes co-founding Iowa City Microcinema, an organization dedicated to bringing visiting filmmakers and free filmmaking workshops to the eastern Iowa public. In addition to teaching, she co-supervises the UNCW Reel Girls Project: A joint filmmaking project between the Film Studies and Women's Studies programs in which college girls teach middle schools girls about making their own films, assessing media with a critical eye and telling their own stories. Filmography/Awards Info: As Filmmaker (Work in Super 8, 16mm and Dig Video): Guilty 1998 11 Living Portraits 1998 Monster Bash 1999 Ink Sonatina 1999 Like Moths to the Flame 1999 The Other Side of the River 1999 How I Chose To Remember It 2000 I Let Go 2000 Round & Round 2000 Infusion #2 2000 Syrup Dish 2001 Color Coded 2001 Untitled 2001 Through a Clearing 2001 Peaceful Light 2001 Whether She Was Still 2002 9:34 AM 2002 The Unbelievable Act of Totally Disappearing 2003 To the Dead Girl, Thank You 2003 And Happiness Everywhere 2004 29 Places I Once Called Home 2006 Buy, Buy Love, Buy, Buy Happiness: MKA and the Explosion of the Girl's Tween Market - WIP Natural Selection Independent Feature Narrative 35mm 1998 (Associate Producer) BeelzebubÕs Bathtub 17-minute Animated Narrative 16mm 2001 (Actor/Camera Asst.) This Contact appears in this database if Microcinema International has screened a film directed by the Contact, a film directed by the contact is featured in a DVD distributed by the Blackchair Collection Shop, or featured an organization or activity linked with the Contact. This database is used for commercial as well as informational, non-commercial purposes. It is a historical archive of Microcinema International's activities. Inclusion in this database and archive in no way implies a continuing formal relationship or affiliation with Microcinema International or the Blackchair Label nor an endorsement of its activities by the Contact. Contact details are not displayed in order to protect privacy. If you wish to contact this artist please see their website as listed above or write Microcinema International and we will be happy to forward your e-mail.
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