Scholars@Duke

• 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

  • Visiting Lecturer of Documentary Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2017
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • 2017    Graduate Liberal Studies – Thesis Mentor
    2012    Kenan Institute, Duke University – Faculty Advisor 
    2010    Robertson Scholars, Duke University – Synthesis Coach
    2010    Freewater Films at Duke University – Faculty Advisor
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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

  • SEP 9, 2017

    Duke Performances

    Conversation with Ronen Givony of Wordless Music

  • JUL 29, 2017

    NCWC

    North Carolina Writer's Conference

  • JAN 18, 2017

    Cassilhaus Instagram

    Jesse Andrews at Full Frame Theatre

  • JAN 17, 2017

    Rolling Stone

    See Tift Merritt Crash a Parade
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  Awards & Honors

  • 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

  • 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

  • Digital Media

    • Le Point du Monde . Director, Writer. 2016

  • Films

    • Love Not the World. Director, Writer. 2017
    • The Accidental Man . Director, Writer. 2017
    • 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

  • Installations

    • Partitas In One. Director, Writer. 2017

  • Scripts

    • Sunrise Matinee. Writer. 2014
    • Pony League . Writer. 2013
    • Joe . Writer. 2013
    • E. Chow . Writer. 2004
    • Downtime . Writer. 2000
  • missing artistic work. Director, Editor, Writer.
• 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

  • 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 
    
    
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Keats, Coleridge and Grimes. Faculty Colloquium . Wake Forest University . November 6, 2018  2018

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