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Mathes Isaac
CONTACTS
Isaac E. Mathes
Ulitsa Udaltsova D. 7, Kv. 29
Moscow 117415, Russia
7-095-431-34-35
imathes@hotmail.com
OBJECTIVES
Directing, cinematography and editing positions on documentary or narrative productions and full or part-time teaching positions in university-level cinema arts programs
EDUCATION
September 1997 – May 2000 University of Texas, Department of Radio-TV-Film, Austin, TX. M.F.A. in Film Production, 60 hours completed. 4.0 GPA. Focus on cinematography. Directed two shorts and one feature
Summer 1998 Pushkin Institute of Russian Language, Moscow, Russia
Summer 1999 Courses on Russian language and history of Russian cinema
October 1990 –June 1994 University of Chicago, New Collegiate Division, Chicago, IL. B.A. cum laude in Fundamentals: Issues an
d Texts. 3.8 GPA
EMPLOYMENT
September 2001 – June 2002 Visiting Lecturer – The All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, The Higher Course for Screenwriters and Directors and the Institute of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia. As a Fulbright Scholar, teaching two semesters of graduate-level production and aesthetics courses that examine American independent film and the creative potential of the emerging digital video format
September 2000 – May 2001 Lecturer – University of Texas, Department of Radio-TV-Film. Taught two semesters of two undergraduate courses: "Introduction to Image and Sound" and "Production One" an introduction planning, directing, lighting, shooting and editing non-sync sound, sixteen-millimeter films
September 1997 Director – "Tuning Fork Films", New York-Austin-Moscow to Present Narrative and documentary film and video production. Clients include independent filmmakers: Ellen Spiro, Laura Dunn, Tiana Hux, Spencer Parsons and contract shooting for Thinkwell, Inc.
January 1998 – May 2000 Teaching Assistant – University of Texas, Dept. of Radio-TV-Film. Five semesters of undergraduate non-sync-sound production and thesis production courses. Guest lectures given in other courses
September 1994 – August 1997 Cinematographer, Arclight Inc., New York, NY. Also cameraman, assistant cameraman, gaffer and storyboard artist
July 1995 – August 1997 Administrative Assistant, Advantage Staffing, New York, NY. Positions at financial, advertising, publishing and management consulting companies. Broad computer and software expertise
AWARDS
May 2001 Fulbright Fellowship for U.S. Faculty "Award 1494", Russia. A teaching fellowship for an academic-year-long placement at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia, sponsored by the US Department of State
December 2000 Jury Award for the video Between the Dog and the Wolf. Presented by S. Salnikov at the "We Love" Film Festival, Moscow
August 2000 City of Austin, Texas, Cultural Contracts Program 2000-2001. City-funded grant for distribution of the narrative feature The Navel
September 1999 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Grant. Awarded by the Austin Film Society, Austin, Texas, for production of The Navel
September 1999 Special Jury Award for Expanding the Boundaries of Cinema. Awarded for Between the Dog and the Wolf at the 1999. Cinematexas International Short Film + Video Festival, Austin, Texas
September 1999 Award for Best Cinematography. Awarded for the short film A Common Confusion (Dir. Spencer Parsons) at the 1999. Cinematexas International Short Film + Video Festival, Austin, Texas
May 1999 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship. Awarded by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, UT-Austin for summer study at the Pushkin Institute of Russian Language, Moscow, Russia
April 1999 Jesse H. Jones Fellowship. Awarded by the College of Communication, UT-Austin, for academic merit in the academic year 1999-2000
March 1999 Liberace Foundation Grant. Awarded to support production of the short film The Small Size of the Mosquitoes
May 1998 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship. The first of two such fellowships awarded by CREEES to support Russian language study at the Pushkin Institute, Moscow, Russia
June 1998 Shell Corporation Grant. A grant to support production of the short film Carsick
ACTIVITIES
February 2001 Judge – Los Angeles Showcase of Student Films Evaluated and recommended films for the department of Radio-TV-Films annual student showcase
March The New York Underground Film Festival
March 2000 to Present Film Festival Participant – as Director of The Navel. The Navel screened at South by Southwest, Austin, Texas
March The Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg, Russia
June The Seoul Net Festival, Seoul, Korea
August The Nextframe Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
September The Denver Intl. Film Festival
November Organized two series of screenings of film and videos about Russia and Eastern Europe by students and faculty from a variety of UT departments
December 1999 – December 2000 Development Director – Cinematexas Intl. Film/Video Festival. Led fundraising initiatives, wrote grants, solicited sponsorship and kept the budget for a film festival with a staff of ten
February 1999 – May 2000 Graduate Student Representative – Faculty Hiring Committee. Evaluated and recommended candidates for faculty positions
December 1998 Organizer – CREEES/RTF Film Series, UT-Austin
December 1996 – August 1997 Intern-Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY. Film preservation and cataloging, organization of screening series
FILMOGRAPHY
as Director
Title Length Format Year Award
Almanakh 60 min. 8mm N.C
Moscow Diary 47 min. Mini DV 2001
The Navel 77 min. Mini DV 2000
We Have a Fire 6 min. Mini DV 1999
Between the Dog and the Wolf 18 min. Mini DV 1998
Small Size of the Mosquitoes 9 min. 16mm 1998
Carsick 11 min SVHS 1997
Luna 17 min. Super 8 1997
Donald 6 min. Super 8 1996
as Cinematographer
Resolution (Director: S. Parsons) 10 min. Hi-8 2002
Beyond the Sky (L. Dunn) 90 min. Mini DV 2002
Lucid (S. Walshe) 30 min. 16mm 2001
Cells (S. Parsons) 18 min. Mini DV 2001
Green (L. Dunn) 47 min. Mini DV 2000
Records (R. Penaloza-Galvan) 18 min. 16mm 1999
To Eve (M. Jones) 8 min. 16mm 1999
Frog in the Well (D. Martinez) 20 min. Mini DV 1999
Winding up Airplanes (J. Dervin) 11 min. 16mm 1998
A Common Confusion (S. Parsons) 7 min. 16mm 1998
Ashes and Milk (S. Parsons) 5 min. 16mm 1998
Rabbit Tale (D. Martinez) 12 min. 16mm 1998
Beyond the Ruins (T. Bourne) 25 min. 16mm 1996
Plant Life (T. Bourne) 9 min. 16mm 1995
Plastic and Chrome (T. Bourne) 14 min. 16mm 1994
as Camera Operator
The Slow Business of Going (A. Tsangari) 112min.16mm 2000
Loaves and Fishes (N. Schiesari) 30 min. 16mm. 1998
Liberty (G. McCall) 8 min. Mini DV 1998
as Sound Recordist
Kaddish (T. Arnstein) 6 min. 16mm 1998
as Editor
Comrades (M. Panov) 90min. Mini DV 2000
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