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EDUCATION
MFA, Film Production, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Radio-Television-Film, 2004 Jacob K. Javits Fellow Graduated Suma Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts Media, University of California, San Diego, 1998 Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of California, San Diego, 1998 Howard Hughes Fellow Graduated Suma Cum Laude Minor Study, Visual Arts Studio, University of California, San Diego, 1998 Minor Study /Program of Concentration, Psychology, Univ. of California, San Diego, 1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Asst. Professor, University of Texas Austin Dept. of Radio-Television-Film, Spring 2010 - present Courses: Graduate Thesis Film Production, Graduate 2nd year Film Production, Undergraduate Thesis Film Production, Graduate Advanced Directing, Advanced Narrative Production, Intro to Image & Sound, Intro to 16mm filmmaking, Undergraduate Narrative Filmmaking, Graduate Cinematography, Undergraduate Cinematography, Music in Film Production, Advanced Cinematography • Served as Graduate Thesis Supervisor for 17 MFA students including Russell Bush Student Academy Award Nominee and Winner of Outstanding Thesis Report 2013, UT Austin • Served as Graduate Committee Member for 2 MFA and 1 PhD student. • Served as Undergraduate Committee Member for 2 BA students. • Teaching Excellence Award RTF Dept. 2012 • UT Austin, College of Communication, Creative Research Award Nominee – 2013 • College of Communication Summer Research Award 2014 • UT Austin Co-op Creative Award Nominee – 2015 - BEFORE YOU KNOW IT • College of Communication Deans Fellowship - 2016 • College of Communication Summer Research Award 2017 • University of Texas at Austin Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee 2017
Instructor, University of Texas at Austin Dept. of Radio-Television-Film, Austin, TX, • Course: Advanced Narrative Filmmaking 16mm - Spring 2007 • Course: Cinematography - Fall 2004
Teaching Assistant, UT Austin Dept. of Radio-Television-Film, Austin, TX, Fall 1999 - Spring 2004 10 Courses: Graduate Narrative Filmmaking, Undergraduate Film Production Thesis, and Graduate Cinematography, Undergraduate Cinematography, Non-synch sound filmmaking, Digital Narrative, Advanced Studio Production, Studio production
Instructor, Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX June 2003, Course: Movies Just Don’t Make Themselves
Instructor, Austin’s Museum of Modern Art School, Austin, TX, 2000. Course: Toy Cameras in the City
Substitute Instructor, Francis Parker High School, San Diego, Ca, 1997-98 4 Courses: Video Production, Intro, Intermediate, and Adv. Photography
Teaching Assistant, UCSD Dept. of Biology, 1994-97 (eight courses/quarters) 8 Courses: Human Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Intro to Mammalian Systems
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guest lectures / speaking events & workshops
LGBTQ Rights: The Work of PJ Raval, University of Texas Austin, Department of Radio- Television- Film, Social Activism in Film, Summer 2016, Instructor Anne Lewis
Cinematography Basics, Youth Filmmakers Bootcamp, Channel Austin, TX Summer 2016
The Work of PJ Raval, University of Texas Austin, Department of Asian-American Studies, Asian-American Media, Fall 2015, Instructor: Dr. Curran Nault
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT Social Work Case Study, Univ. of Texas Austin, School of Social Work, Social Work Practice with Older Adults, Fall 2015, Instructor: Dr. Namkee G. Choi
The Music Videos of PJ Raval, Univ. of Texas Austin, Dept. of Radio-Television-Film, Music Video Production, Fall 2015 , Instructor: Ellen Spiro
The Art of Non-fiction and Documentary Filmmaking, Univ. of Texas Austin, Fall 2015 Instructor: Dr. Paul Stekler, Graduate Documentary Film Production course
Art of Cinematography, Youth Filmmakers Bootcamp, Channel Austin, TX Summer 2015
The Music Videos of PJ Raval, UT Austin, Music Video Production, Spring 2014, Ellen Spiro
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT Documentary Filmmaking Case Study, Univ. of Texas Austin, Dept. of Radio-Television-Film Colloquium Series, Spring 2014
Conversation with Filmmaker PJ Raval, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX Spring 2014
Film Lighting Workshop, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Spring 2014
Film Industry Conversation, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, Contemporary Media Industries, Communication Arts Department, Instructor Alyx Vesey, Spring 2014
Documentary Filmmaking Workshop, Cornell University, New York, Co-sponsored by the Department of LGBT Studies, Fall 2013
Queer Intergenerational Documentary Filmmaking, Graduate Queer Media Studies course, University of Texas Austin, Instructor Curran Nault, Fall 2013
Directing Workshop, Northwestern University, Illinois, Director Lecture Series Fall 2013
Filmmaker Guest Lecture, University Film Alliance, University of Texas Austin, Fall 2013
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT filmmaker discussion, University of Massachusetts Boston, Spring 2013
Visual Storytelling, Queer Youth Media Project guest lecture, POLARI Austin Queer Media Organization, Austin, TX. Instructor Evan Roberts, Summer 2013
Performance Work of Paul Soileau, Collaborative Artist Guest Co-Lecture, University of Texas Austin, Performance as Public Practice Department Lecture Series, Spring 2013
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Documentary Production, Interactive Documentary Guest Lecture, University of Texas Austin, Instructor Karen Kochar, Spring 2013
Lighting in Documentary Production, Advanced Documentary Guest Lecture, University of Texas Austin, Instructor Heather Courtney, Spring 2013
Queer Documentary Filmmaking, Queer Media Studies course guest lecture, University of Texas Austin, Instructor Mary Celeste Kearny, Spring 2012
CHRISTEENE Videos Case Study, Queer Media Studies course guest lecture, University of Texas Austin, Instructor Curran Nault, Spring 2012
LGBT Documentary Filmmaking, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Winter 2011
TRINIDAD Case Study, Kent State University, Kent, OH Spring 2010
SLANT 10: Working Niche Markets – The Independent Films of PJ Raval, Slant Asian American Film Festival, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX Spring 2010
Independent Filmmaking, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA Winter 2010
Lighting for Film and Video Workshop, REEL WOMEN, Austin, Winter 2010
Asian-American Cinema, Media Studies, UT Austin, Fall 2009, Instructor: Curran Nault
Documentary Lighting, Documentary Film Production, University of Texas, Austin, Spring 2009, Instructor: Kyle Henry
Documentary Filmmaking, Graduate Documentary Film Production, University of Texas, Austin, Fall 2008, Instructor: Ellen Spiro
Lighting for Film and Video, Film Production, Austin School of Film, Austin, Spring 07 Instructor: Kat Chandler
Lighting for Film, Film Production, UT Austin, Austin, Fall 07, Instructor: Toddy Burton
Cinematography of Action, Adv. Cinematography, UT Austin, Fall 2007, Inst: Harrison Witt
Color Cinematography, Adv. Narrative 16mm Film Production, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2007, Instructor: Jenn Garrison
Visual Storytelling in Narrative Filmmaking, Aikens High School, Austin, Spring 2007.
Cinematography in Narrative Filmmaking, Advanced Narrative Filmmaking, University of Texas, Austin, Fall 2006. Instructor: Mitko Panov
Narrative Filmmaking, Narrative Filmmaking Class, Austin School of Film/Motion MAC, Austin, Summer 2006. Instructor: Javier Bonafont.
Lighting workshop, Introduction to 16mm film, UT Austin, Austin, Spring 06, Steve Collins
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Film Industry Professional Showcase, Austin Community College, Austin, Spring 06
Lighting for Film, Synch Sound Film Production, UT Austin, Austin, Fall 05, Steve Collins
Cinematography of Digital Video, Digital Narrative, UT Austin, Fall 05 Instructor: Heidi Bollock
Color Cinematography, Synch Sound Film Production, UT Austin, Spring 04, Alex Smith
Cinematography for 16mm, Non-synch Film Production, UT Austin, Fall 04, Inst: Heidi Bollock
Lighting for Digital Video, Advanced Digital Narrative, UT Austin, Spring 03, Mireille Forengo
Lighting for Digital Video, Digital Narrative, UT Austin, Spring 03, Steve Collins
Lighting for Motion Picture Film, Advanced Narrative / Synch Sound Filmmaking, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2003 Instructor: Nancy Schesari
Principles of Cinematography, Gay Youth Media Project, Fall 2001, Spring 2002 co-sponsored by aGLIFF - The Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Out Youth,
Digital Cinematography, Production for Broadcast, UT Austin, Fall 2001 Instructors: Dan Knight
HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS
• Firelight Media Fellowship 2016 • Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient 2015 • Someone to Watch Award 2014 Cleveland International Film Festival • USA Artist Grant nominee 2012 • MacArthur Foundation REEL AGING Conference Participant 2012 • “Best Music Video Nomination SXSW 2012 CHRISTEENE “African Mayonnaise” • University of Texas Austin Grant Preparation Award 2012 • “Best Filmmaker” Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Reader’s Poll 2009, 2010, 2011 • “100 People of the Year” OUT Magazine Dec 2010 issue • Austin Critic’s Table Nomination 2009 works of Three dollar Cinema • Filmmaker Magazine “25 New Faces of Independent Film” Aug 2006 issue • Golden Reel Nomination – VC Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - lead role: Father • Best Cinematography – Cinematexas 9 Int’l Short Film Festival 2004 - lead role: Father • Panavision / Kodak Student Outreach Program Award Winner 2003 - lead role: Father • Haskell Wexler Award Winner for Cinematography, Woodstock Film Festival 2006 • American Society Cinematographers Charles B. Lang Heritage Award Winner 2005 • Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Recipient, 2000 – 2004, U.S. Dept. of Education • “Most Visually Inspired Film”, Santa Cruz Film Festival 2003 - a boy’s mouth • Betty Nowlin Award for Excellence in Student Filmmaking, Cinematexas 2002 - net06 • Honorable Mention, Black Maria Film Festival 2002 - net06 • Best Narrative Short, Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2000 - 100% cotton • Screenwriting Honorable Mention, Cinematexs 2000 - 100% cotton • Outstanding Cinematography, Cinematexas 2002 Sophie, dir: Helen H. Lee • Luminaria Award for Best Cinematography, Westfest 2001 Pillowfight, dir: Scott Rice • Stewart Prize Recipient, UCSD, 1997 flesh colored, photography book
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• Stewart Prize Honorable Mention, UCSD, 1996 Wash Works, documentary • Russell Grant, UCSD, 1997 Concealed Exposure, film/video installation • US Grant, UCSD, 1997 Mobius No. 4, 16mm b&w film • Chancellor’s Research Grant, UCSD, 1998 Home Ave., collaborative 16mm film • US Grant, UCSD, 1998 Home Ave., collaborative 16mm film • Graduated Cum Laude, University of California, San Diego, 1998 • Provost Honors, 1992-1998 • Howard Hughes Scholar • Howard Hughes Graduation Honors • Thomas B. Curtis Scholarship Recipient • Golden Key National Honor Society Member
FILMOGRAPHY
Director/Producer – Feature Releases - selected credits & screenings
JUSTICE FOR JENNIFER (in production) – feature documentary, 90min 2017. Director/Producer: PJ Raval, Producers: Marty Syjuco, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala
Grants, & Support: • Ford Foundation Just Films Production Fund 2017 • Bertha Sundance Social Justice Fellowship 2017 • Sundance Documentary Fund 2016 • Arcus Foundation Documentary Fund 2016 • Firelight Media Next Documentary Fund 2016 • Fork Films Production Grant 2016 • Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellowship 2016 • Bertha Foundation Documentary Fund 2016 • University of Texas Austin Travel Grant 2016 • City of Austin Cultural Arts Division Grant 2016 • Firelight Media Documentary Fellow 2016 • IFP Project Forum Spotlight on Documentaries, Independent Film Week 2015 • University of Texas Austin Special Projects Grant 2015 • Austin Film Society Travel Grant 2015, 2016 • Austin Film Society Production Grant 2015 • Sundance Documentary Film Program Discretionary Fund 2015 • Center of Asian American Media Discretionary Fund 2015 • Guggenheim Fellowship Support 2015
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT– feature documentary, 110min, 2014. ITVS co-production Director/Producer: PJ Raval, Producer: Sara Giustini.
US Distributors: Film Collaborative (theatrical), Gathr (theatrical), PBS (TV), New Day (educational), Passion River (home video), Sundance Artist Services (digital) International Distributors: Pretty Pictures [FR] all media International Sales: Wide House
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Theatrical release May 30th 2015 Theatrically released in: New York City, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Palm Springs, Austin, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Tacoma, Dallas, San Diego, Phoenix, Lake Worth, Burlington, Iowa City, Mobile, Long Beach, Toronto, Canada, Manchester U.K.
PBS US broadcast June 30th 2015
SXSW 2013 – World Premiere Berlinale 2014 IFP Selects / Sundance Institute American Independents in Berlin WINNER Best Documentary Jury Award Reeling Chicago GLBT Film Festival WINNER Best Documentary Image + Nation Montreal Gay & Lesbian Film Festival WINNER Best Documentary Dallas Asian Film Festival WINNER Scott Dinger Audience Award Polari Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival WINNER Best Documentary Dallas Asian Film Festival BEST FEATURE FILM Austin Film Critics Award nomination Denver Film Society’s Cinema Q Opening Night Film Tampa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Documentary Centerpiece Film Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Centerpiece Film NLGJA National LGBT Journalist Association Excellence in Documentary Award
Grants, & Support: • Arcus Foundation Sundance Distribution Grant 2014 • IFP Selects / Sundance Institute American Independents in Berlin 2014 • Austin Film Society Travel Grant 2013 • IFP Independent Film Week Spotlight on Documentary 2012 • Sundance Institute Creative Producing Summit 2012 • Sundance Institute Documentary Creative Producing Lab 2012 • Sundance Institute Documentary Grant 2012 • Film Independent Fast Track 2012 • MacArthur Foundation Reel Aging Conference 2012 • Film Independent Documentary Lab 2011 • Tribeca All Access On Track Grant 2011 • ITVS Open Call funding 2011 • Tribeca All Access 2010 • Austin City Cultural Contracts Grant Recipient 2009, 2010 • Texas Filmmaker Production Fund Recipient 2009 & 2010 • LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund 2009 & 2010 • Cinereach Media Grant Recipient 2009 & 2012 • ITVS Diversity and Development Fund Recipient 2010
TRINIDAD – feature documentary, 90min, 2008. Distributors: The Cinema Guild & New Day Films (educational), Film Buff (digital) International Distributors: New World Distribution (all media world), Canadian Filmmaker Distribution Centre [CA], Discovery Channel Latin America
Broadcast: Discovery Networks 2015, Showtime Network May 2009 - 15, MTV LOGO April 2010, Netflix
Winner Best Documentary – Cleveland International Film Festival 2009 World Premiere Los Angeles Film Festival 2008
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Selected Screenings: • Cleveland International Film Festival 2014 (PJ RAVAL Someone To Watch Award) • Alamo Drafthouse Theatrical Screening Austin, TX 2009 • 92Y Tribecca theatrical Screening, New York 2009 • Outfest Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2008 • Woodstock Film Festival 2008 • Newfest NY LGBT Film Festival 2009 • Denver Starz Film Festival 2008 • Reeling Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2008 • Independent Film Festival Boston 2009 • Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2009 • Birmingham SHOUT 2009 • Outfest Wednesdays Egyptian Theater Los Angeles, CA 2009
Grants & Support: • IFP Independent Film Week screening co-sponsored by Rooftop Films 2008 • IFP Market, Docs in Progress category 2006 • IFP Rough Cuts Lab 2006 • Texas Filmmaker Production Fund Recipient 2004, 2006 • Austin City Cultural Contracts Grant Recipient 2004, 2006 • Hollyfield Grant Recipient 2005 • Rooftop Filmmaker Fund Grant Recipient 2005
SLACKER 2011 “Rantings” segment– 90min, 2011 Production: Austin Film Society, Alamo Drafthouse Distributor: Film Buff / Cinetic Rights Media
"...PJ Raval's penultimate scene "Rantings" …starred performance art provocateur Paul Soileau on a slow-moving bike, and boy did he kill." - Austin Chronicle
Selected Screenings: • SXSW 2011 Special Showcase • Lonestar Film Festival 2012 • Mar Del Plata Film Festival 2011 • Loft Film Festival 2011 • Dallas Video Festival 2011 lead role: Father – 15 min., super 16mm, narrative, 2004 Distributed by the canadian filmmaker distribution centre
Selected Screenings & Awards: • Panavision / Kodak Student Outreach Program Award Winner • WINNER Best Cinematography Cinematexas 9 Int’l Short Film + Video Festival • Golden Reel Nomination, Programmer's Pick- LA Asian Pacific Film Festival 2007 • Krakow International Film Festival • Austin Film Festival • San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival • Outfest – Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Slant 7, Aurora Picture Show • Barcelona Lesbian and Gay Film Festival • Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
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• Dallas Outakes – Dallas Lesbian and Gay Film Festival • Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival • Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Tucson Lesbian and Gay film Festival • Kingston Ontario Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Bloomington, Indian Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Kyoto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival • New Zealand Lesbian and Gay Film Festival: OutTakes • DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival • San Diego Asian Film Festival • Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Kansai Queer Film Festival • Buenos Aires Gay, Lesbian, Trans International Film Festival
Cinematography – Feature Release - selected credits and screenings ASC Charles B. Lang Heritage Award Winner Haskell Wexler Award Winner
LOVE & AIR SEX (formerly the BOUNCEBACK) USA, 90min 2014 Distributor: Tribeca Films Dir: Bryan Poyser, Prod: Megan Gilbride, Trace Shehan Official Selection SXSW 2013 World Premiere
“….d.p. PJ Raval makes everything else look every bit as professional as a studio comedy, while capturing the flavor of Austin’s most popular bars, restaurants and hangouts.” -Variety
The Great Invisible USA 2014 – additional cinematographer Distributor: Radius-TWC Dir: Margaret Brown Best Documentary Jury Award SXSW 2014
Citizen Koch USA 2014 – additional cinematographer Distributor: Variance Films Dir: Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Elsewhere Films Academy Award Best Documentary Short List 2015 Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2013 World Premiere
FOURPLAY USA 2013 Distributor: TLA Dir: Kyle Henry, Prod: Jason Wehling Exec. Producers: Michael Stipe, Jim McKay Official Selection Cannes Film Festival Director’s Fortnight 2011 Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2012 WINNER Best Short Film Newfest 2011
Habibi Rasak Kharban Palestine 2011 Distributor: SY Films Prod/ Dir: Susan Youssef, Cast: Kais Nashif (PARADISE NOW), Youssef Abu-Warda Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2011 Official Selection Toronto Film Festival 2011 WINNER FISCEPI PRIZE Dubai Film Festival 2012 WINNER Best Feature Film Dubai Film Festival 2012 WINNER Best Actor Dubai Film Festival 2012
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WINNER Camera Novo - Cinema Novo Festival Belgium 2012 WINNER NETPAC Award for Asian Cinema – Bangalore Int’l Film Festival 2012 IFP Director’s award, INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK 2009
Trouble the Water super-16, video, 2008 Distributor: Zeitgeist Films Prod/Dir: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary 2009 WINNER Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Award 2008 WINNER Best Documentary Gotham Awards 2008 WINNER Full Frame / Working Films Award Full Frame Documentary Festival 2008 WINNER Best Documentary Jury Award Full Frame Documentary Festival 2008 WINNER Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights Full Frame Festival 2008 Best Non-Fiction Film National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA nomination 2009 Best Documentary International Documentary Association nomination 2008 Best Non-Fiction Film New York Film Critics Circle Awards, nomination 2008 Outstanding Documentary Image Awards nomination 2009
Gretchen super-16 / color 2006 Distributor: Oscilliscope Dir: Steve Collins, Prod: Van Hoy Knudsen, film science Featuring Courtney Davis, John Merriman, Becky Ann Baker, and Steven Root as Herb Finkle Official Selection SXSW 2007 Official Selection Los Angeles Film Festival 2006 WINNER “Best Narrative Feature” Los Angeles Film Festival 2006
ROOM video / 35mm / color 2005 Distributor: C-100 Dir: Kyle Henry, Exec. Prod. Michael Stipe and Jim McKay, Prod: 7th floor, cinepraxis Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2005 Official Selection Director’s Fortnight Cannes Film Festival 2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination “John Cassavetes Award” 2006 Independent Spirit Award Nomination “Best Female Lead” for Cyndi Williams 2006 Winner of the Haskell Wexler Award for Cinematography for PJ Raval 2005
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL
Boards and Committees: • Queerbomb – founding member and board, Jan 2010 - present • KLRU Community Board Member 2015 - present • OUTSIDER Film + Arts Festival, Founding member, Board President 2014 - present • Austin Film Society, Filmmaker Advisory Board Member 2013 – 2015 • POLARI Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Advisory Board Member 2012 – 2014 • UT Austin, RTF Dept Gender and Sexuality Committee member 2012 - present • Salvage Vanguard Theater Artist Board, March 2010 - 2011 • Austin Film Society Docs in Progress, Steering Committee 2007 - present • Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Board Member 2008 – 2011 • Queer Youth Media Project Committee, OUTYOUTH and aGLIFF, 2008 - 2010 • Austin Asian American Film Festival Advisory Board Member 2009 - 2011 • University of Texas Austin, RTF Dept Graduate Admissions Committee 2011, 2012 • University of Texas Austin, Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award Committee Spring 2010
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• Sundance Filmmakers Labs Guest Cinematographer – 2005, 2006, 2009 • University of Texas Austin, RTF Dept Graduate Admissions Committee 2011, 2012 • University of Texas Austin, RTF Dept Special Equipment Requests, 2013 • University of Texas Austin, RTF Dept Gender & Sexuality Lecture Series Committee 2013
Juries and Panels: • Chicago Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Feature Documentary Jury 2016 • “Austin Public & Capital City Black Film Festival panelist, Summer 2016 • Channel Austin iYouth Filmmaker Jury member Summer 2016 • Dallas International Film Festival Texas Competition Juror 2016 • SXSW Midnight Shorts Juror Spring 2016 • “Mighty Real: The Politics of Queer Nightlife” Panel moderator, Center of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas Austin, Fall 2015 • Channel Austin iYouth Filmmaker Jury member Summer 2015 • Austin Asian American Film Festival Documentary Juror 2015 • Austin Youth Film Festival Documentary Jury member Spring 2015 • Gender Rights Panel, Quezon City Pride City Council, Quezon City, Philippines Fall 2015 • Creative Macau “Sound & Image Challenge Worldwide” Documentary Juror Fall 2014 • Fantastic Fest 2014 Feature Documentary Juror 2014 • Asian Filmmaker Panel, Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce event, Fall 2014 • Forbidden Film Fest Juror Summer 2014 • Austin Youth Film Festival Documentary Jury member Spring 2014 • Documentary Film Cleveland International Film Festival Panelist 2014 • SXSW 2014 panel, “Working Remotely, Making Films Across States” • Film Independent Documentary Lab Applicant Review Panelist 2013 • SXSW 2013 Panelist “Documentary Mentors” • IFFBoston & UMass Boston Film Series Panel “Before You Know it” 2013 • Austin Film Society “Art of Crowd Funding” Fall 2013 • Northwestern University 2013 “Aging in the LGBT Community” Fall 2013 • “Aging in the LGBT Community”, University of Massachusetts Boston, Spring 2013 • Austin Youth Film Festival Cinematography Jury member Spring 2013 • SXSW 2013 Panelist “Documentary Mentors” Spring 2013 • Independent Spirit Awards Truer Than Fiction Awards Committee Fall 2012 • Austin Film Festival Documentary Shorts Juror Fall 2012 • SXSW 2012 Panelist “The Great Shootout” Spring 2012 • Independent Spirit Awards Truer Than Fiction Awards Committee 2011 • Outfest Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Feature Documentary Juror 2010 • Austin Film Festival Documentary Shorts Juror 2010 • Slant Film Festival Filmmaker Salon 2010, Aurora Picture Show • iYouth Fusion Festival Judge shared with Richard Linklater, Kat Chandler • Austin Asian American Film Festival Juror 2009 • Woodstock Film Festival Panelist with Haskell Wexler ASC, Ellen Kuras ASC 2009 • Denver Film Festival Panelist 2009 • Cleveland Film Festival Panelist 2009 • SXSW Film Festival panelist 2008 • Austin Film Society Moviemaker Dialogs Panel “The Creative Art of Cinematography” 2008 • SXSW Film Festival panelist 2007 “One on One Cinematographers” with Todd McMullen • SXSW Film Festival Experimental Short Film Juror 2006 • Austin Film Festival Panelist 2005 – 2010 • Austin Film Festival Narrative Shorts Juror 2005 • Austin Film Festival Student EXPO panelist - 2006
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• Out Youth guest lecturer, Principles of Cinematography, Gay Youth Media Project, Fall 01& 02 • Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival Theatre Manager, 1999-2001 • Mexperimental Cinema, Univ. California San Diego Campus Organizer, Winter 1998 • Mexican Experimental Film Festival, Curators: Jesse Lerner and Rita Gonzales
Graduate Thesis Chair Committees: ! Erica Pallo, narrative film, expected graduation date Spring 2016 ! Mitch O’Hearn, narrative film, graduation date Spring 2016 ! Juan Pablo Gonzalez, narrative film, graduation date Spring 2015 o Awarded College of Communication Continuing Fellowship 2015 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2014 ! Caleb Kuntz, narrative film, graduation Spring 2015 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2014 ! Jing Yang, documentary film, graduation Fall 2014 ! Evan Roberts, narrative & documentary hybrid film, graduation Spring 2014 o Awarded College of Communication Continuing Fellowship 2013 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2012 ! Minh Trinh, narrative film, graduation Spring 2014 ! Nathan Duncan, narrative film, graduation Spring 2014 o Awarded College of Communication Continuing Fellowship 2014 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2012 ! Russell Bush “The Vulture Project” documentary film, graduation Spring 2013 o Student Academy Award Finalist o Awarded Outstanding Thesis Report University of Texas Austin o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2012, 2011 ! Patrick Smith, narrative film, graduation Spring 2013 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2012 ! Ivete Lucas “EX-Votos” narrative documentary hybrid, graduation Spring 2013 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2011 ! Chithra Jerayam “Mijo” documentary film, graduated 2012 ! Allen Ho, cinematography specialization, graduated 2012 ! Jesse Klein “Can’t Come Back” narrative film, graduated 2012 ! Paavo Hannien “Tiny Tape Recorder” narrative film, graduated 2012 o Awarded Austin Film Society Grant 2011
Graduate Phd Committees: ! Lokeilani Kaimana, Experimental, Cinematic Worlds of Shu Lea Cheang, Julie Dash, and Tina Takemoto, graduation date 2018, Committee Chairs: Janet Staiger, Lolitha Gopalan
Graduate Thesis Committees: ! Huay-Bing, narrative film, graduation date Spring 2016 ! Lizette Barrera, narrative film, graduation date Spring 2016 ! Mark Blumberg, narrative film, graduation date Fall 2015, Thesis Chair: Stuart Kelban ! Catherine Licata, narrative film, graduation date Spring 2013, Thesis Chair: Andrew Shea
Undergraduate Thesis Committees: ! Andrew Wilson, Plan II Honors Program, Linguistics, short film, graduation date Spring 2016 ! Kevin Machate, American Studies Department, short film, graduation date Spring 2015
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