Shannon Silva, M.F.A. University of North Carolina Wilmington [email protected] / (910) 962-2232 ​ ​

Education 2006 M.F.A. Film & Video Production, The University of Iowa 1997 B.F.A. Studio Art – Photography, Texas State University

Academic Appointments 2013- Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington 2016-2018 Associate Chair, Film Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington 2006-2013 Assistant Professor, Film Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington 2002-2005 Graduate Student Instructor, Cinema and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa

Course Taught at UNCW FST 201: Introduction to Film Production FST 451: Visions Film Festival and Conference FST 302: Intermediate Documentary Production Management FST 302: Intermediate Experimental Production FST 491: Independent Study in Film (various topics) FST 302: Intermediate Narrative Production FST 495: Senior Seminar: Documentary, Experimental or FST 330: Documentary Producing Animation Production FST 331: Introduction to Editing FST 495: Senior Seminar: Autobiographical Filmmaking FST334: 6x1 Experimental Filmmaking FST 497: Applied Post-Production

Creative Work - In Progress Fall 2019 To Live in the Shadows: Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Ferns (Director/Animator/Editor), short experimental animated documentary, in production ​ Celebrating color and light while contemplating threatened erasure, fierce adaptability and ultimate survival through hand drawn, stop motion animation and an interview with Boyce Thompson Institute fern specialist, Fay-Wei Li.

Est. 2020 Broger’s End (Producer/Casting Director), short narrative, in pre-production Directed by Tiffany Albright. A troubled couple retreats to the woods to reconnect, but when an apocalyptic event occurs they must choose between safe isolation and the unpredictable world outside.

Est. 2021 Snowbird (Writer/Director), feature narrative, in development ​ ​ Inspired by 1960/70s psychological horror films like Wait Until Dark, Repulsion and ​ ​ When a Stranger Calls, the film will center around one lead female character ​ (76-year-old, housebound, Mary) confined to one location and will consider the relationship between fear, loneliness and vulnerability. With a modern twist, the film will tackle issues of aging, technology and elder abuse.

Recent Film Projects 2018 Shoot the Duck (Director/Writer), 8-minute short narrative ​ Mia wants to win this year’s "Shoot the Duck" skate contest, but she must keep cool under pressure or lose the competition before it begins.

2017 Peek (Producer/Casting Director), 3-minute short narrative ​ Directed by Tiffany Albright. A mother and daughter play an unsettling game of hide & seek.

2017 Baby Oil (Director/Writer), 12-minute short narrative ​ Stranded without a car in the middle of nowhere North Carolina, a young mother rides out a severe storm and struggles with how to exit her abusive marriage.

2015 cyberGenesis (Producer), 13-minute short animation ​ Directed by Andre Silva. Cybergenesis imagines a future creation myth, crafted by cyber consciousness from bits and pieces of humanity’s online legacy.

2014 Freestyle (Producer/Unit Production Manager), 7-minute short narrative ​ Directed by Lexi Lefkowitz. Violet is an isolated, but spunky, 7-year-old, who dances to her own drummer while trying to fit into a world she doesn’t quite understand.

2012 It’s a Girl Thing: Tween Queens and the Commodification of Girlhood (Director/Producer) ​ Since the birth of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in 1987, the girls' tween market has evolved from almost non-existent into a $43 billion-dollar-a-year money-making machine. IAGT speaks with consumer critics, marketers, girls, moms, and educators to explore the hyper-commercialized girl culture (and the tween queen phenomenon) to reveal the complex and contradictory messages directed at today’s young girls.

Institutional Acquisitions (main library and classroom use) & Distributed Projects 2012 - It’s A Girl Thing: Tween Queens and the Commodification of Girlhood Notre Dame University University of Namur (Belgium) Sonoma State University Virginia Commonwealth University University of Florida Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) University of Iowa University of Colorado Springs Colorado University of Windsor (Canada) 2000 Monster Hunter (AKA, Natural Selection), (*Associate Producer, Production Coordinator, Casting Assistant), Narrative Feature, Asylum Home Entertainment, 88 min. Screened on Showtime Extreme and Distributed through Amazon.com

Complete Filmography and Juried Screenings Director/Producer (*unless otherwise noted)

Shoot the Duck - Narrative, 8 minutes, 2018 ​ ❏ Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL, September 2019 ❏ CMS International Film Festival, Lucknow, India, April 2019 ❏ River Run Film Festival, Winston Salem, NC, April 2019 ❏ Included in the “Films with Class” Outreach Program (3 screenings total) ❏ Cinema Sisters Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, March 2019 ❏ Omaha Film Festival, Omaha, NE, March 2019 ❏ Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, March 2019 ❏ Dallas Video Fest, Dallas, TX, February, 2019 ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, November 2018 ❏ Included in the Media Literacy Outreach Tour (5 screenings total)

Peek - Narrative, 3 minutes, 2017 (Producer/Casting Director) ​ ❏ Alice Fest, Durham, NC, March 2019 ❏ Cinema Sisters, Wilmington, NC, March 2019 ❏ Southern City Film Festival, Aiken, SC, February 2019 ❏ Carrboro Film Festival, Carrboro, NC, November 2018 ❏ Longleaf Film Festival, Raleigh, NC, May 2018

Baby Oil - Narrative, 12 minutes, 2017 ​ ❏ Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL, July 2018 ❏ Glass City Film Festival, Toledo, OH, May 2018 ❏ Longleaf Film Festival, Raleigh, NC, May 2018 ❏ Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, April 2018 ❏ Chick Flicks Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, March 2018 ❏ NC Arts Fellows Gallery Exhibit at Cameron Art Museum, March-September 2018 ❏ Persephone’s Daughters Film Festival, St. Paul, MN, February 2018 ❏ James River Filmmaker’s Forum, Richmond, VA, February 2018 ❏ Miami Independent Monthly Film Festival, Miami, FL, November 2017 ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, November 2017 ❏ River’s Edge International Film Festival, Paducah, KY, November 2017 ❏ Massachusetts Independent Film Festival , Cambridge, MA, August 2017

Cybergenesis – Experimental Animation, 13 minutes, 2015 (Producer/Actress) ​ ​ ​ ❏ Oxford Film Festival, Oxford, MS, February 2016. ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, November 2015. ❏ River’s Edge International Film Festival, Paducah, Kentucky, November 2015. ❏ Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC, Canada, October 2015. ❏ Strange Beauty Film Festival, Carrboro, NC, October 2015. ❏ Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX, October 2015. ❏ Frack Fest: Oklahoma’s Underground Multimedia Festival, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2015. ❏ filmSPARK, Raleigh, NC September 2015. ❏ Marfa Film Festival, Marfa, TX, August 2015. ❏ Columbia Gorge Film Festival, Venice, CA, August 2015. ❏ University Film and Video Association Conference, Washington, DC - August 2015. ❏ Topanga Film Festival, Topanga, CA, July 2015. ❏ Revelation Perth International Film Festival, North Perth, Australia, July 2015. ❏ Minneapolis Underground Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, August 2015 ❏ Trenton Film Festival, Trenton, NJ, June 2015 ❏ Ann Arbor Expanding Frames (new media program at Ann Arbor Film Festival), Ann Arbor, MI, April 2015 ❏ Athens International Film + Video Film Festival, Athens, OH, April 2015 ❏ Humboldt Film Festival, Humboldt, CA, April 2015 ❏ Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, March 2015 ❏ FLEXFest, Gainsville, FL, February 2015 ❏ Black Maria Film Festival, Touring, 2015

Freestyle, Narrative short, 7 minutes, 2013 (Producer/Unit Production Manager) ​ ❏ Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL, July 2014 ❏ Delta International Film Festival, Cleveland, MS, April 2014 ❏ Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, OH, April 2014 ❏ Route 66 Film Festival – Springfield, IL, April 2014 ❏ Silver Springs International Film Festival – Ocaloa, FL, November 2014 ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival – Wilmington, NC, November 2014 ❏ Citizen Jane Film Festival – Columbia, MO, November 2014 ❏ Mill Valley Film Festival – San Rafael, CA, October 2014 ❏ Tacoma Film Festival – Tacoma, WA, October 2014 ❏ St. John’s Women’s Film Festival – St. Johns, Newfoundland, October 2014 ❏ Atlanta Underground Film Festival – Atlanta, GA, October 2014 ❏ Dallas Video Festival – Dallas, TX, October 2014

It’s A Girl Thing: Tween Queens and the Commodification of Girlhood, Documentary Feature, 56 minutes, 2012 ​ ❏ ISA XVIII World Congress of Sociology Conference, Yokohama, Japan, July 2014 th ❏ 77 ​ Annual Southern Sociology Conference, Charlotte, NC, April 2014 ​ ❏ Child and Teen Consumption Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2014 ❏ North American Conference of the Association of Consumer Research, Chicago, IL, October 2013 ❏ Popular Culture Association in the South and American Culture Association in the South Conference, Savannah, GA, October 2013 ❏ S.U.R.G.E Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA April 2013 ❏ Southeastern Women’s Sociology Association Conference, Greensboro, NC April 2013 ❏ Artivist Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA Nov 2012 ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC Nov 2012 ❏ St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, St. Johns, NL, CA Oct 2012 ❏ LA Femme Film Festival, Beverly Hills, CA Oct 2012 ❏ Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, Chicago, IL Oct 2012 ❏ Docutah Film Festival, St. George, UT Sept 2012 ❏ Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL Sept 2012 ❏ Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA June 2012 ❏ Twin Rivers Film Festival, Asheville, NC May 2012

Jumpajumpa, Experimental Documentary short, 4 minutes, 2009 ​ ❏ Praxis Film Festival, Goldsboro, NC Jan 2012 ❏ North Carolina Family Film Festival, Winton, NC July 2011 ❏ Humboldt Film Festival, Arcata, CA April 2010 ❏ Athens International Film + Video Fest, Athens, OH April 2010

Too Bare or Too Bush, Experimental Documentary short, 2009 ​ ❏ Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, GA August 2010 ❏ Athens International Film + Video Fest, Athens, OH April 2010 ❏ Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX Nov 2009 ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC Nov 2009

Ichthyopolis, Animated short, Spring 2008 (Producer/Co-Writer/Lead Actress) ​ ❏ Tar Heel Shorties, Pittsboro, NC April 2011 ❏ Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Tampa, FL April 2010 ❏ Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC April 2010 ❏ Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, GA Aug 2009 ❏ Arkansas Underground Film Fest, Hot Springs, AR Jul 2009 ❏ Athens International Film + Video Fest, Athens, OH May 2009 ❏ Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD May 2009 ❏ Backup Film Festival, Weimar, GERMANY May 2009 ❏ Next Frame Film Festival, Touring, 2009 ❏ James River Film Festival, Richmond, VA Apr 2009 ❏ Humboldt Film Festival, Arcata, CA Apr 2009 ❏ Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI Mar 2009 ❏ FLEX (Florida Experimental) Film Fest, Gainesville, FL Jan 2009 ❏ New Genre Festival, Tulsa, OK Jan 2009 ❏ Black Maria Film and Video Festival, Touring 2009 ❏ Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX Nov 2008 ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC Nov 2008

29 Places I Once Called Home, Experimental Documentary, 20 min., Super 8/16mm/Video, 2006 ​ ❏ Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC November 2007 ❏ Rural Route at Anthology Archives, New York, NY July 2007 ❏ Kozienalia 2007, Lublin, Poland May 2007 ❏ University of Tennessee School of Art, Knoxville, TN May 2007 ❏ Athens International Film + Video Fest, Athens, OH April 2007 ❏ Iowa City Documentary Festival, Iowa City, IA April 2007 ❏ Hearts and Minds Film Festival, Wilmington, DE March 2007 ❏ FLEX ’06: Florida Exp Film Festival, Gainesville, FL November 2006 ❏ International Diversity Film Market, Washington, DC September 2006 ❏ Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX August 2006 ❏ UFVA: Next Frame Film Fest, Los Angeles, CA August 2006

And Happiness Everywhere, Experimental Documentary, 8 min., Super 8/16mm/Video, 2004 ​ ❏ Michigan Womyn’s Film Festival, Walhalla, MI August 2008 ❏ Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX Aug – Sept, 2006 ❏ 11 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA October 2005 ❏ Yes, Yes Allegiance, Olympia, WA October 2005 ❏ Liberty Hall Comm. Center, Portland, OR October 2005 ❏ Long Haul Info Shop, Berkeley, CA October 2005 ❏ Artists’ Television Access, San Fracisco, CA October 2005 ❏ Girl Fest, Honolulu, HI Sept. 2005 ❏ Ms. Films Tour, Athens, GA June 2005 ❏ Hi Mom! 8, Chapel Hill, NC June 2005 ❏ Northern Lights Film Festival At Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, MI March 2005 ❏ Cans Film Festival at William & Mary College, Williamsburg, VA March 2005 ❏ Women In the Dir. Chair, Chicago, IL March 2005 ❏ Ms. Films Film Festival, Durham, NC February 2005 ❏ Milwaukee International Festival, Milwaukee, WI October 2004 ❏ Bearded Child, Grand Rapids, MN August 2004

The Unbelievable Act of Totally Disappearing, 6 min., Experimental Documentary, 16mm, 2003 ​ ❏ Neuer Standort, Vienna, Austria November 2004 ❏ 111Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA September 2004 ❏ World Unity Festival, New York, NY September 2004 ❏ Axiom Theatre, Houston, TX September 2004 ❏ The Revival House, Westerly, RI September 2004 ❏ Chaos Studios Art Space, Colorado Springs, CO September 2004 ❏ Flicker Chapel Hill Unbelievable Act Chapel Hill, NC October 2003 ❏ Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, New York, NY October 2003 ❏ Flicker Austin, Austin, TX October 2003 ❏ Light Reading, Iowa City, IA September 2003

To the Dead Girl, Thank You, Experimental Documentary, 3 min., Video, 2003 ​ ❏ Michigan Womyn’s Film Festival, Walhalla, MI August 2008 ❏ Vinegar Hill Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA April 2005 ❏ Iowa City International Documentary Festival, Iowa City, IA April 2004 ❏ Ms.Films Festival, Durham, NC February 2004

Color Coded, Hand Manipulated Experimental, 4 min., Super 8, 2001 ​ ❏ Motion Showcase SXSW, Austin, TX March 2004 ❏ Minecine, Shreveport, LA August 2002 ❏ University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX April 2002 ❏ Exploded Cinema, London, England, November 2001 ❏ Wimbledon School of Art, London, England, November 2001 ❏ Cinematexas, Austin, TX September 2001 ❏ Flicker Austin, Austin, TX July 2001

Peaceful Light, Hand Manipulated Experimental, 4 min., Super 8, 2001 ​ ❏ Basement Films, Albuquerque, NM April 2002 ❏ Univ. of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX February 2002

Syrup Dish, Experimental Animation, 4 min., Super 8, 2001 ​ ❏ Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX August 2002 ❏ Bijou Theatre, Dallas, TX January 2002 ❏ Flicker Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC December 2001 ❏ Flicker Austin, Austin, TX May 2001

I Let Go, Hand Painted Experimental, 4 min., Super 8, 2000 ​ ❏ Bijou Theatre, Dallas, TX January 2002 ❏ Splice This!, Toronto, Canada June 2001 ❏ Cinematexas, Austin, TX September 2000

Infusion #2, Hand Manipulated Experimental, 3 min., 16mm, 2000 ​ ❏ Glitter Films #17, Raleigh, NC September 2001 ❏ Flicker Austin, Austin TX October 2001 ❏ Cinematexas, Austin, TX Sept. 2000

11 Living Portraits, Experimental Documentary, 4 min., Super 8, 1998 ​ ❏ EVEO.com, On-Line Fest Spring 2000

Related Work Experience 2017-present SilverBright Films, Wilmington, NC Focused on developing, producing and distributing original content for narrative, documentary, experimental and animated short and feature film and video projects.

2000-2002 Workshop Instructor, Austin Cinemaker Co-op, Austin, Texas Taught courses including: Basics of Super 8mm, Stop-Motion and Multi-plane Animation, Hand-Manipulated / Hand-Processed Filmmaking Techniques

1998 Screenplay Competition Director, Austin Film Festival, Austin, Texas In charge or soliciting, receiving and cataloging 3600 scripts. Once the scripts were catalogued my duties included finding and managing industry and peer script readers, overseeing the jurying process, teaching reading workshops, notifying finalist, hosting jurors and finalist at the festival, and distributing awards.

Non-Juried/Invitational Screenings 2018 Baby Oil screening and discussion (as part of the ongoing NC Arts Fellows Exhibit) - Cameron ​ Art Museum, (July 2018), Wilmington, NC 2015 It’s A Girl Thing / 29 Places I Once Called Home - University of Florida ​ 2013 Humanities Screening of It’s A Girl Thing, Cape Fear Community College ​ ​ 2013 Girlhood Screening and Lecture, hosted by the UNCW Women’s Studies Resource Center, featuring It’s a Girl Thing screening and panel discussion, followed by Sharon Lamb’s lecture on Packaging Girlhood ​ 2011 29 Places I Once Called Home, presentation for the Sociology and Criminology Department on ​ ​ poverty and displacement 2011 15-Year Work Retrospective and Sneak Peak of ‘It’s A Girl Thing’ Work-In-Progress, Cucalorus Film Festival Summer Series 2003 The Unbelievable Act of Totally Disappearing, Land, Landscape & Reflections on Home, University of Iowa

Artist/Research Awards, Distinctions and Grants Recognition 2018 Nomination for Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award 2017 Baby Oil, Film Award Nominations, Best Actress, Massachusetts Independent Film Festival ​ 2017 Baby Oil, Film Award Nominations, Best Writer, Massachusetts Independent Film Festival ​ 2012 Best Social Documentary, Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

Grants/Awards 2018 $5,000 UNCW Charles L. Cahill Award for Shoot the Duck, production ​ 2018 $3,500 UNCW Academic Affairs, Summer Research Initiative Award for To Live in the Shadows: Horizontal ​ Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Ferns, production 2017 $3,500 UNCW College of Arts & Sciences Pilot Research Grant 2016 $10,000 North Carolina Artist Fellowship Award 2014 $3,000 UNCW Summer Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award 2014 $200 UNCW WSRC Faculty Travel Fund Grant to present It's A Girl Thing at the PCAS Conference ​ ​ 2010 $2,000 Engaged Teaching Fellowship, UNCW Center for Teaching Excellence 2004 $17,000 stipend plus full tuition, Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa

Service & Teaching Awards, Distinctions and Grants Recognition 2006- Student Significant Impact Statements, every semester 2019 Nomination for Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award 2012 Nomination for Faculty of the Month, National Residence Hall Honorary

Partnerships 2017- $12,000 annual SXSW Film Festival partnership (Full-Access Film Badges for 12 students) 2014- $3,500 annual Virginia Film Festival partnership (Full-Access Industry Badges for 7 students) 2014- $1,800 annual Cucalorus Film Festival partnership (Full-Access Film Badges for 6 students) 2011- $6,000+ annually from various business partnerships including Dubliner Pub, Sekonic, WizGear

Grants 2019 $3,500 ETEAL “Festival Hospitality Research Tour” Experiential Learning Grant for VISIONS Film Festival and Conference (8 students attending SXSW 2019) 2019 $4,750 Summer Undergraduate Research & Creativity Award “Sound & Editing for Short Experimental Animation Films” 2019 $2,500 Cultural Events Grant, Travel Expenses for the Visions Visionary Panel Spring 2019 2018 $950 ETEAL Sustainability 2.0 Award for Project Management Supplies and Text Books 2018 $4,750 Summer Undergraduate Research & Creativity Award “Producing the Short Narrative Film” 2018 $3,500 ETEAL “Festival Branding Research Tour” Experiential Learning Grant for VISIONS Film Festival and Conference (12 students attending SXSW 2018) 2018 $4,000 Cultural Events Grant, Travel Expenses for the Visions Visionary Panel Spring 2018 2017 $3,500 ETEAL “Festival Management Research Tour” Experiential Learning Grant for VISIONS Film Festival and Conference (10 students attending SXSW 2017) 2016 $1,750 UNCW Center For Faculty Leadership “BRIDGES Women in Academic Leadership Program” Grant 2013 $2,000 UNCW College of Arts & Sciences Applied Learning Grant for VISIONS Film Festival and Conference 2011 $3,000 UNCW College of Arts & Sciences Applied Learning Grant for VISIONS Film Festival and Conference 2004 $2,000 Year of the Arts & Humanities Grant, University of Iowa, IC Microcinema Series 2001 $2,000 Texas Arts Grant, Austin Cinemaker Coop, Southern Tour

Guest Lectures and Panels 2017 “Visions as An Applied Learning Experience” ETEAL panel, New Faculty Orientation, UNCW 2016 “Regarding Susan Sontag” panel, Women’s Studies Resource Center, UNCW 2015 “Small Budget Filmmaking” undergraduate film talk, University of Florida 2015 “Job Search Preparation and Curriculum Development” graduate film talk, University of Florida 2011 “Documentary Filmmaking in the Classroom for Visual Storytelling, Team Building, Critical Thinking/Media Literacy and New Technology,” Lecture, Watson School of Education, UNCW

Chapter in Refereed Publication 2011 Shannon Silva, Susan Bullers, Mariana Johnson, Donna King, Jean Anne Sutherland (2011), “Reel Girls Project: Teaching Media Literacy Through Film,” Public Sociology: Research, Action, and Change, ed. Philip Nyden, Leslie Hossfeld, Gwen Nyden, Sage Publications.

Outreach and Community Engagement Projects 2006- VISIONS Film Festival and Film Scholars Conference, Founder & Faculty Supervisor VISIONS is an international film festival and conference designed to showcase the outstanding achievements of undergraduate filmmakers and scholars from UNCW and around the world. The project combines a Film Conference that allows critical thinkers the chance to revel in the acute arguments proffered by talented scholars, with a Film Festival that exhibits the aesthetic triumphs of emerging filmmakers. Uniquely, VISIONS, under the supervision of a faculty supervisor, is managed, coordinated and run by UNCW Film Studies majors taking the FST 451: VISIONS Producing the Undergraduate Film Festival and Film Scholars Conference class, offered each spring by the Film Studies department. The project brings undergraduate presenters from universities around the world to the UNCW campus to interact with our students, present and discuss their work, and build networking relationships during the two-day event.

2015-17 Wilmington Female Filmmaker’s Collective, Education Workshop Coordinator WilmFFilm is focused on empowering local female filmmakers through educational workshops, mentoring, collaborative film shoots, shared resources and biweekly salon style meetings. The group is diverse in its age, experience, economic and racial demographics. The Education and Workshop team is in charge of organizing/designing/teaching free, hands-on workshops with local filmmakers to provide instruction for members who may not otherwise have access to these resources.

2007-8 The Reel Girls Project, Founder, Co-Supervisor Under the supervision of four professors (from Film Studies, Women’s Studies and Sociology), the Reel Girls project provides college women from UNCW with the opportunity to mentor twenty-five 7th & 8th grade girls from DC Virgo Middle School. The project gives UNCW students practice in outreach, public relations, community service, teaching and event coordination. The semester long preparations culminate in a three day workshop in which the DC Virgo middle school students learn to become critical evaluators of media as they become technologically proficient at making films that tell real stories from their own experience. Finally, the young filmmakers experience the premiere of their films in true Hollywood style at UNCW’s Lumina Theatre. Following the films, the college students moderate a Q&A with the filmmakers for parents, friends and guests.

2004-6 Iowa City Microcinema, Co-Founder/Coordinator This organization was dedicated to bringing visiting filmmakers and free filmmaking workshops to the eastern Iowa public. Events and guests included: The annual 48-hour video race, Alternative Distribution with Peripheral Produce Director Matt McCormick, and hand-processed, cameraless filmmaking with David Gatten.

1998- Austin Cinemaker Coop, Marketing/Programming (1998-2001) 2001 By providing community workshops in Super 8mm filmmaking as well as quarterly screenings of members work, this non-profit organization focused on promoting film production, post- production and exhibition as an affordable art form. The organization also toured much of the southern United States exhibiting Super 8 film by members as well as teaching workshops in stop- motion animation, cameraless filmmaking and micro/no-budget production.

Scholarship Conference Presentation 2008 “Reel Girls: Feminism, Mentoring and Outreach through Film.” South Eastern Women’s Studies Association Conference. Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2008.

Curatorial and Programming 2006- Visions Film Festival and Conference 2016 University Film and Video Association, Film Juror 2007-2014 Pre-Screening Committee, Cucalorus Film Festival 2007 Programmer/Host, Chateaubriand Shorts Block with work by Experimental Filmmakers: Louise Despont, Becka Barker, Leslie Dektor, Diane Bonder, Sarah Wood and Penny Lane, Cucalorus 13 2007 Host, Experimental Filmmaker Roger Beebe, UNCW Film Studies Department 2007 Coordinator/Host, Experimental Filmmaker Naomi Uman, Moviemakers and Scholars Series/Women’s History Month, UNCW 2007 Coordinator/Host, Experimental Filmmaker David Gatten, Moviemakers and Scholars Series, UNCW 2006 Coordinator/Host, Video Vlogging and Alternative Distribution, Moviemakers and Scholars Series with Chuck Olsen and Jen Simmons, UNCW 2005 Coordinator/Programmer/Moderator, Local Collage Filmmakers Panel featuring work by Lauren Cook, Aaron Valdez and Sasha Waters, as part of the "Collage as Cultural Practice" Conference, University of Iowa 2005 Coordinator, Make-Your-Own-Adventure Documentary Festival, IC Microcinema in Conjunction with the Iowa City International Documentary Festival 2004 Coordinator, 24-Hour Iowa City Video Race, IC Microcinema, 2004 2004 Coordinator, Screening/Workshop with filmmaker Matt McCormick, IC Microcinema 2003 Coordinator, Screening/Workshop with filmmaker Mary Beth Reed, Light Reading 2003 Pre-Screening Jury, Ann Arbor Film Festiva 2002 Coordinator/Programmer, Austin Cinemaker Coop Southwest US Film Tour 2000 Coordinator, Screening/Workshop with filmmaker David Gatten, Austin Cinemaker Coop 1999 Coordinator, Screening/Workshop with filmmaker Willie Varela, Austin Cinemaker Coop

University Service University of North Carolina Wilmington, Film Studies Department 2016- Associate Chair, Film Studies Department ● Annual Scheduling of Classes ● Call for Agenda Items and Management of Minutes ● Annual Chair’s Survey and Evaluation Report ● Coordination of Strategic Planning Discussion and subsequent panels/action including: ○ Harassment Panel with UNCW legal council, Human Resources and Academic Affairs representative ○ Professional Development discussion resulting in the sharing of successful grant samples on the faculty Sharepoint site ○ Diversity Discussions resulting in the development of a departmental diversity philosophy and statement

Chair 2006- Chair, Film Studies Visions Film Festival & Conference Committee 2016-2017 Chair, Film Studies Production Search Committee 2014-2016 Chair, Film Studies Social Media Committee 2009-2010 Chair, Film Studies Assessment Committee 2006-2007 Chair, Film Studies Public Relations Committee

Member 2015- Member, Film Studies Cultural Events Committee 2013- Member, Film Studies MFA Committee 2006- Member, Film Studies Production Committee 2006-2008 Member, Curriculum Committee

Adhoc 2014- PitchFest Student Selection & Mentor 2017 MFA/MA Preliminary Marketing Research Lead

University of North Carolina Wilmington, University and College 2019 UNCW STEAM Team Summer Camp Instructor (CAS, https://uncw.edu/steamteam) 2018 UNCW STEAM Team Summer Camp Instructor (CAS, https://uncw.edu/steamteam) 2017-2018 Assistant Faculty Fellow, Applied Learning and Teaching Community (ETEAL) 2016-2018 Grant Evaluator, Spring/Summer/Fall Undergraduate Research Creative Activity (SURCA) 2017 Applied Learning Panel, New Faculty Orientation 2014-2016 Member, Women’s Studies Resource Center Advisory Board 2013- 2014 Center For Teaching Excellence Liaison Spring 2012 Banner Carrier, CAS Commencement 2009-2010 Faculty Senator, Film Studies, Fall 2009-Spring 2010

University of Iowa 2007 University of Iowa Nonfiction Essay Award, Nominations Committee 2003-2004 CCL Faculty Meeting Graduate Student Representative

Professional Development Workshops 2018 Creative Capital: Strategic Planning and Funding Your Work (Professional Development for Artists) Workshop, Hosted by the NC Arts Council 2017 Creative Capital Award Application Online Workshop, Hosted by Creative Capital 2016 BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women Conference 2016 UNCW High Impact Teaching Practices Faculty Focus Group 2016 UNCW FORTE Leadership & Communication Style workshop with Dr. Rick Olsen 2015 WilmFFilm “Directing Actors” workshop with Erica Dunton 2015 WilmFFilm “Recording Sound” workshop with Alex Markowski

News Articles/Interviews 2018 Supporting Artists Statewide Filmmaker Shannon Silva featured in Cameron Art Museum Exhibit 2018 Broadening It's Scope UNCW Students Evolve Visions 8 Into More than a Film Festival 2017 UNCW Professor Receives Prestigious N.C. Artist Fellowship Award 2017 2016–2017 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award Recipients Announced 2017 Undergraduate Filmmakers to Unite at Visions Film Festival & Conference March 31 2016 UNCW Film Professor Shannon Silva Awarded $10,000 State Arts Fellowship 2016 A Learning Set: UNCW Film Professor's Short Film Production Serves as Classroom for Students 2014 "Marketing Childhood: An Interview with Shannon Silva” by Zoe Frank

Affiliations 2017- Film Festival Alliance, Member 2015- Wilmington Female Filmmakers’ Collective, Founding Member 2012- University Film & Video Association, Member 2006- Cucalorus Film Festival/Organization, Member 1998-2000 Reel Women, Member/Volunteer 1995-1998 Austin Film Society, Member/Volunteer