BRITTA SJOGREN
Associate Professor

 

Education

  • PhD Film and Television, UCLA
  • MFA Film and Television, UCLA
  • University of Paris, VII, Liçcnce de quatrième année
  • Diploma, International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
  • BA, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

  • Film Production, Screenwriting, Sound Theory, Feminist Film Theory, Film Noir, Melodrama, American Independent Cinema, European Film History

Films

  • In This Short Life, 2005 (96 mins, 16mm)
  • a small Domain, 1996 (18 mins, 16mm)
  • Jo-Jo at the Gate of Lions, 1992 (100 mins, 16mm)
  • A Letter, 1986 (18 mins, video)
  • Rage Carolina (narrative feature) In development.
  • Lost Oasis (narrative feature) In development.
  • Claire’s Bones (narrative feature) In development.

Books/Articles

  • Into the Vortex: Female Voice and Paradox in Film, 2006
  • "The Gaze turned round upon Itself," Iris, no. 7, 1986-87
  • “Display, Repression and the Masculine Political Subject in French Poetic Realism,” Forthcoming in Reclaiming the Archive, Vicki Callahan and Allison McKee, eds.

Awards/Honors

  • Best Feature Award for "In this Short Life," Bend Independent Film Festival, 2006
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2006
  • Nomination Fleishhacker Eureka Scholarship, 2004
  • American Antiquarian Society Artist Fellowship, 2003
  • Film Arts Foundation Development Award, 2002
  • California Arts Council Grant in Media Production, 2001
  • Nomination Rockefeller Grant, 2000
  • American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Grant, 1995
  • Western States Regional Media Arts Grant, 1994
  • American Association of University Women Award
  • United States Information Agency Grant
  • Charles Boyer Fellowship
  • Film Arts Foundation Development Award, 2002
  • Film Arts Foundation Development Award, 2002
  • Selected Festival Awards:
    • Best Feature Film, Bend Independent Film Festival, 2006 
    • Best Direction, International Competition, Rio FEMINA Festival, 2005
    • Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Sundance Film Festival, 1996
    • Award Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking, Aspen Shortsfest, 1996
    • Special Jury Award, Dallas USA Festival, 1996
    • Filmmakers of Today Selection, Locarno Film Festival, 1996
    • Carolina Filmmaker Award, 1997
    • Jury Award for Best Narrative Short, Cinequest, 1997
    • SXSW Festival, Best Narrative Short, 1997
    • Best Narrative Feature, Atlanta Film Festival, 1992

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