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View AllBen BalcomAssistant Professor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Assistant Professor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Education
MFA, Film, UW-Milwaukee
Biography
Ben Balcom is a filmmaker, educator, and independent programmer. His films have been exhibited at venues and festivals such as the European Media Festival, Media City Film Festival, Anti-Matter Media Arts, Alchemy Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival and Slamdance. Combining elements of documentary, fictional narrative, and abstraction, Balcom’s cinematic vocabulary is multi-faceted. He has explored melodrama, metaphysics, and, most recently, the politics of landscape. He is also the co-founder and co-programmer of Microlights Cinema. Since 2013, Microlights has hosted over 50 film and video artists from around the world.
