Gary Hawkins
Lecturing Fellow of Documentary Studies
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Lecturing Fellow of Documentary Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019
Contact Information
- 1317 West Pettigrew St., Durham, NC 27705
- Box 93382, Durham, NC 27708
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gary.hawkins@duke.edu
(919) 660-3663
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- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.F.A., Vermont College 2015
- A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1981
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Duke Appointment History
- Lecturing Fellow of Documentary Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017 - 2019
- Visiting Lecturer of Documentary Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2017
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Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Adjunct Lecturer of English , Wake Forest University . 2018
- Screenwriting Instructor , UNCSA School of Filmmaking . 2005 - 2017
- Directing Instructor , UNCSA School of Filmmaking . 1991 - 2000
- Recognition
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In the News
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SEP 9, 2017 Duke Performances -
JUL 29, 2017 NCWC -
JAN 18, 2017 Cassilhaus Instagram -
JAN 17, 2017 Rolling Stone
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Awards & Honors
- Course & Instructor Evaluations for Spring 2019 rank in the top 5%. Duke University. August 15, 2019
- Jury Award, ZERO IRONY . Black Maria Film Festival . November 2017
- Official Selection, ZERO IRONY. Poetry International Rotterdam . June 2015
- Nominated for Audience Award, JOE . Edinburgh International Film Festival . 2015
- Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, JOE . Chlotrudis Awards, Portugal . 2015
- Nominated for Best International Film, JOE . Munich Film Festival . 2014
- Nominated for the Golden Lion, JOE . Venice Film Festival . 2013
- Winner, Smithers Foundation Special Award, JOE . Venice Film Festival. 2013
- "Leaders In Learning" . Variety Magazine . April 8, 2010
- Best Cinematography - THE ROUGH SOUTH OF LARRY BROWN. Riverrun International Film Festival . April 2003
- Best Feature, THE ROUGH SOUTH OF LARRY BROWN. Ohio Independent Film Festival . November 2002
- Best Documentary, THE ROUGH SOUTH OF LARRY BROWN. Memphis International Film Festival . April 2002
- Sundance Fellow - DOWNTIME. The Sundance Institute. 2000
- Silver Award, THE ROUGH SOUTH OF HARRY CREWS. International Documentary Association (IDA) . December 1990
- Emmy Award, THE ROUGH SOUTH OF HARRY CREWS. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. October 1990
- Gold Award for Best Regional Documentary, THE ROUGH SOUTH OF HARRY CREWS . PBS . 1990
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Exhibitions, Screenings, & Performances
- Rain, Train, Mother, Son | Engauge Film Festival at Northwest Film Forum 2019
- Rain, Train, Mother, Son | Cucalorus Film Festival at Downtown Wilmington 2019
- The Accidental Man | AMI Faculty Screening at the Rubenstein Arts Center 2019
- Zero Irony | Black Maria 37th Annual Festival Tour at the Sitnik Theater, Centenary University 2018
- Zero Irony | Black Maria 37th Annual Festival Tour - AMC Theatre at Essex Green 9, West Orange NJ 2018
- Zero Irony | Black Maria 37th Annual Festival Tour at the Berrie Center for Performing Arts, Ramapo College of NJ 2018
- Zero Irony | Black Maria 37th Annual Film Festival Premiere at the Hoboken Historical Museum 2018
- The Accidental Man | Clermont-Ferrand Catalogue at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2018
- Zero Irony | Official Selection & Festival Tour at the Black Maria Film Festival 2017 - 2018
- Zero Irony | Invited to Screen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) 2015
- Zero Irony | Special Screening at the 46th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2015
- Me & You | Official Selection at the Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival (Hawick, Scotland) 2015
- In My Mind | Special Screening at the National Gallery of Art Film Program 2015
- Zero Irony | Official Selection at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2015
- Joe | Official Selection at the Sydney Film Festival 2014
- In My Mind | Invited to Screen at the Art of the Cool Music Festival 2014
- Joe | Invited to Screen at the Riverrun International Film Festival 2014
- Joe | Official Selection at the Dallas International Film Festival 2014
- Joe | Official Selection at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2014
- Joe | Official Selection at the Atlanta Film Festival 2014
- Joe | Invited to Screen at the Oxford Film Festival 2014
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | WestEnd Films Network Premiere at France and Francophile Territories 2013
- Joe | Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2013
- Joe | Official Selection at Viennale 2013
- Joe | Official Selection at the 39th Deauville Film Festival 2013
- In My Mind | Official Selection at the St. Louis International Film Festival 2011
- In My Mind | Official Selection at Sound Unseen 2011
- In My Mind | Official Selection at the NW Film Forum's Earshot Jazz Film Festival 2011
- In My Mind | Official Selection at the DocMiami International Film Festival 2011
- In My Mind | Official Selection at the Reel Music Festival 2011
- In My Mind | Official Selection at the International Black Film Festival of Nashville 2010
- In My Mind | Invited to Screen at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Oxford Film Festival 2003
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Riverrun International Film Festival 2003
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Ohio Independent Film Festival 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Naples International Film Festival 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Savannah Film Festival 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Sidewalk Film Festival (Birmingham) 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Memphis International Film Festival 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Wine Country Film Festival (Sonoma Valley) 2001 - 2002
- The Rough South of Larry Brown | Official Selection at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2001
- Crossroads on a Hill | Premiere at UNCTV (aired statewide) 1991
- The Rough South of Harry Crews | Premiere at UNCTV (aired statewide) 1989
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Artistic Works & Non-Print Media
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Digital Media
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Films
- Rain, Train, Mother, Son . Director. 2019
- BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON PROJECT (working title) . Director, Producer, Writer. 2019
- Land of Unlikeness . Director, Writer. 2018
- Love Not the World. Director, Writer. 2017
- The Accidental Man . Director, Writer. 2017
- Zombies Are Real. Director, Writer. 2016
- Me and You . Director, Writer. 2015
- Zero Irony . Director, Writer. 2015
- In My Mind . Director, Writer. 2010
- The Rough South of Larry Brown . Director, Writer. 2001
- Crossroads On a Hill. Director, Writer. 1991
- The Rough South of Harry Crews . Director, Writer. 1989
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Installations
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Radio/television Programs
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Scripts
- Sunrise Matinee. Writer. 2014
- Pony League . Writer. 2013
- Joe . Writer. 2013
- E. Chow . Writer. 2004
- Downtime . Writer. 2000
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- AMI 211: American Film Comedy 2019
- AMI 303S: Writing the Short Film 2019
- AMI 306S: Writing the Movie. Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Writing for the Screen 2019
- AMI 331S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- ARTSVIS 303S: Writing the Short Film 2019
- CULANTH 106S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- DOCST 105S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- ENGLISH 225S: Writing the Movie. Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Writing for the Screen 2019
- ENGLISH 382: American Film Comedy 2019
- HISTORY 125S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- LIT 221: American Film Comedy 2019
- POLSCI 105S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- PUBPOL 170S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- VMS 106S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach 2019
- VMS 268: American Film Comedy 2019
- VMS 338S: Writing the Short Film 2019
- DOCST 705S: The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (A) 2017
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Advising & Mentoring
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2017 Graduate Liberal Studies, Duke University, Thesis Mentor
2012 Academia dell’Arte, Program in Tuscany, Program Instructor
2012 Kenan Institute, Duke University – Faculty Advisor
2010 Robertson Scholars, Duke University – Synthesis Coach
2010 Freewater Films at Duke University – Faculty Advisor
2009 Maisha Foundation, Uganda Workshop, Project Mentor
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2017 Graduate Liberal Studies, Duke University, Thesis Mentor
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Introduction to Fellini's NIGHTS OF CABIRIA. Classic Films . Hillsborough Film Society . May 10, 2020 2020
- Introduction to Frankenheimer's THE TRAIN. Classic Films . Hillsborough Film Society . October 6, 2019 2019
- Keats, Coleridge and Grimes. Faculty Colloquium . Wake Forest University . November 6, 2018 2018
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