Education
2017 BFA in Film/Video/New Genres. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI
2014 Lake Superior College. Duluth, MN.
2012 University of North Dakota-Grand Forks. Grand Forks, ND.
Screenings
2023 Screening. Film Diary NYC. Brooklyn, NY.
“A video about red balloons.”
2023 Screening. Free Range Film Festival. Wrenshall, MN.
“In which they were not yet hermit crabs.”
2023 Screening. Left Field V.3. Minneapolis, MN.
“In which the lilac ghosts ask of what i’m doing in march”
2023 Screening. Mirror Mountain Film Fest. Ottawa, Canada.
“the life and death of a mosquito”
2023 Month Long Screening. Evanston Experimental Video Showcase. Evanston, IL.
“In which they were not yet hermit crabs.”
2023 Screening. Film Diary NYC. Brooklyn, NY.
“The life and death of a mosquito”
2022 Screening. Franconia 5-Minute Film Fest. Franconia Sculpture Park, MN.
“In which they were not yet hermit crabs”
2022 Screening. Cactus Club Film Festival. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“In which they were not yet hermit crabs”
2022 Screening. Experimental Films online. Online.
“The life and death of a mosquito”
2021 Screening. 2021 non-syntax Experimental Image Festival. Tokyo, Japan.
“The one that underscore trademark”
2020 Screening. 2020 Film and Video Poetry Symposium. Online.
“The life and death of a mosquito”
2020 Screening. Horsetooth Intl Film Fest. Fort Collins, CO.
“The life and death of a mosquito”
2020 Group Exhibition. Darkside Collective: Nostalgia. Online.
“The life and death of a mosquito”
2019 Screening. Weird Wednesday. Stuttgart, Germany.
“The one that underscore trademark”
Invited Talks
University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Invited to speak by the Department of Film, Video Animation and New Genres, Peck School of the Arts. Virtual. March 12, 2021.
Publications
Streaming
Bridge Film and Video Online Collection. “the life and death of a mosquito.” “love and otherwise existing with winnie there pooh.” “in which they were not yet hermit crabs.” 2023 - Present.
Print Media
Alisha Hall, Ryan Yatso. Zany Mag: Winter Issue. January 20th, 2020. 7.
Online Articles
Jared Fagerberg, “Visions of Brooklyn, paper teeth, and late-night studio sessions in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos.” City Pages. May 29th, 2018. http://www.citypages.com/music/visions-of-brooklyn-paper-teeth-and-late-night-studio-sessions-in-this-weeks-top-5-mn-music-videos/483889231
Audio
Walter Smits. “Episode 22 - Walter Smits - Director and Animator” Experimental Film Podcast. February 3, 2021. http://experimentalfilm.info/episode-22-walter-smits-director-and-animator
As Author
“Music,” Backyard 3, July 2020. Print. 2-13.
“Music,” Backyard 2, January 2020. Print. 6-7.
“Audio: Attic Sounds,” Backyard 1, September 2019. Print. 3-4.
Honors and Achievements
Best Sound Design. Nominee. Mirror Mountain Film Festival. Ottawa, Canada. 2023
Related experience
2015-Present Video Editor, Paragon Marketing Group, Oconomowoc, WI
2020 Creative Director/Editor/Designer, Incomplete Control, Album and Videos, June - November 2020
2020 Director/Editor, Admiral Fox - Salamander, July 2020, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Co-Curator, Honey Hands: a digital juried exhibition, Online
2019 Director/Editor, Admiral Fox - The Heat, February 2019, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Director/Editor, Five Watt Coffee Promotional, January 2019
2018 Director/Editor, Radio Five Watt promotional, October 2018, Minneapolis, MN