2019 Media Arts

Type:
Teleconference

Scheduled:
10/2/2017 2:00:00 PM

Name:
2019 Media Arts

Fiscal Year:
2019

Staff Member:

Chair:
Towson Fraser

Location:
Brokaw-McDougall House

Access:
Comments Closed

Agenda Files

MediaArts.pdf

County: Collier

Bio

Owner of Hughes Video Productions, Naples
Produced over 50 Television shows and hundreds of Internet presentations on South Florida History and Culture, Nature, and People; and recorded over 100 presentations for the Marco Island Historical Society, www.MarcoIslandCommunityTelevision.com
Past Chair, Collier County Environmental Advisory Council

County: Alachua

Bio

Founding Director, Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Channel and Festival; Publisher, www.GoGreenNation.org, an environmental news resource to help build sustainable communities, Gainesville
Environmental journalist and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Greening Your Business; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Living; and Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami & the Florida Keys: A Complete Guide
Past board member, American Society of Journalists and Authors, member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and honorary member of Golden Key International Honour Society

County: Leon

Bio

Professor, College of Motion Picture Arts, Florida State University and President of her film company, True Visions, Tallahassee
Previously, Executive, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Warner Bros; Associate Director in News and Public Affairs at PBS where she assessed work in progress documentaries for possible national distribution
Recently completed a documentary on the psychological legacy of colonialism in Grenada which has been invited to screen in NY, LA, South Africa and the Caribbean among other festivals and countries
B.A., History and Literature of America, Harvard University

County: Leon

Bio

Executive Director, Business Development, Second Harvest of the Big Bend, Tallahassee, Florida
Former Executive Director, The Artist Series of Tallahassee and Boys' Choir of Tallahassee
Extensive work experience in radio broadcasting, business ownership, marketing and promotion
Board-level experience with arts and human services programs in California, New York and Florida
B.A., Philosophy, Duke University

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Teaches at Miami international University’s Art Institute
Co-founded and programmed The Florida Room, an event solely dedicated to social issue documentaries in Miami Beach for five years and is also co-founder of the Miami International Film Festival’s newest section Cutting the Edge, which showcases video art and films by artists working across disciplines
Before becoming a professional director, Zaldívar started his film career as a sound editor and designer, his work can be heard in Academy Nominated films such as Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, in Nanette Burstein and Bret Morgan's "On the ropes" and on HBO’s America Undercover, for which he garnered an Emmy nomination
His film and video art works have been screened at many festivals worldwide and on PBS, ABC, IFC, Showtime and WE. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. His directing credits include 90 Miles (PBS), The Story of the Red Rose (Showtime), Palingenesis and Soldiers Pay, co-directed with David O. Russell (Three Kings) and Tricia Regan
Served as a Juror for the Sundance International Film Festival, serves on the board of directors for NALIP (The National Association of Latino Independent Producers), and is a Sundance Film Institute Fellow
BFA and a MFA at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts