Gary Griffin Filmmaker-in-Residence SOC Faculty
- Bio
- Gary Griffin is a Filmmaker in Residence of Film and Media Arts. He is an award-winning producer and cinematographer whose work includes Autism is a World, a documentary co-produced with CNN which tells the story of an autistic woman’s path to communication, and Gerrymandering, a film about the unfair legislative practice of redistricting. Griffin won the Sundance Film Festival’s 2005 Â鶹´«Ã½ Excellence in Cinematography Award for his work on The Education of Shelby Knox, the story of a feminist’s coming-of-age. Griffin holds an MFA from Prague’s FAMU Film Academy of Performing Arts and is an Artist in Residence at the Â鶹´«Ã½ in Washington, D.C.
- For the Media
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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COMM-610 Principles of Video Production
Spring 2025
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COMM-438 Production Practicum: Cinematography and Lighting