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Renato Umali

  • Teaching Faculty I, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres

Education

  • MFA, Film, UW-Milwaukee, 2002
  • BA, Music, Northwestern University, 1993

Biography

Renato Umali is a filmmaker and musician. As a filmmaker, he works in 16mm film and digital video. As a musician, he is a classical pianist who also engages in new forms of music making and composition. His broad experiences allows him to teach a variety of courses. These include: Digital Filmmaking, Film Score Studio, Multicultural America, Interactive Animation, and Intro to Digital Arts. The latter course engages in a broad investigation of AI as it relates to media creation. He lives in Monona, Wisconsin with his wife, child, and two cats.

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Recent & Selected Works

A young boy in front of a field with a couple tents and a truck in the background.
A Home Movie (2024)
Aerial of a large hauling truck going down a curvy canyon road.
Ditat Deus Donuts (2021)
Image of two of Guatemala's volcanoes
Diaries From Guatemala (2015)
Still of a man walking in front of a wall, with cacti in the background
Frida Was Here (2016)

Diaries From Guatemala (2015)