Jodie Mack

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Jodie Mack
Jodie Mack (The Grand Bizarre).jpg
Mack, September 2018
Born(1983-01-16)16 January 1983
London, England
Education University of Florida
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, animator
Website www.jodiemack.com

Jodie Mack (born January 16 1983) is an English-born American experimental filmmaker and animator. [1] Mack's works have screened at the Viennale, the New York Film Festival, [2] the Toronto International Film Festival, [3] and the Locarno Festival. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Mack spent her early years in England. [6] She moved to the USA and earned her BA in Film and Media Studies From the University of Florida, graduating Summa cum laude in 2004. [7] She went on to earn her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Film/Video/New Media in 2007. [8]

Career

Mack began work at the television department at Columbia College Chicago. From 2008 to 2010 she was an adjunct professor at the College of Digital Media at DePaul University in Chicago. In 2009, Mack also became and adjunct professor of moving image at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Since 2010 she has been an associate professor of film and media studies at Dartmouth College. [9] She has also worked as a curator and administrator with Dartmouth's EYEWASH: Experimental Films and Videos, Florida Experimental Film and Video Festival, Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Eye and Ear Clinic, Chicago Underground Film Festival and The Nightingale. [10] She was a 2017–2018 Radcliffe-Harvard Film Study Center Fellow/David and Roberta Logie Fellow. [11]

Mack primarily produces her films using a 16 millimeter Bolex camera. [12] Mack stated in an interview that "[She] chose to work in film because the material renders color and texture in a way that resonates with a lot of [her] work”. [12] Many of Jodie Mack's films are stop motion animations that feature everyday fabrics and textiles or recycled materials like magazine clippings or newspaper scraps. [13]

Festivals and presentations

Macks' films have appeared at the following festivals: Images Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Views From the Avant Garde at the New York Film Festival. [14] Her work has also appeared at: Anthology Film Archives, Los Angeles Filmforum, and the Northwest Film Forum. [10]

Work

References

  1. ↑ Nicholas Rapold (2014-07-09). "A Dash of Whimsy, With Leftover Stars". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  2. ↑ "NYFF55 Projections Lineup of Daring and Experimental Works Announced". Film Society of Lincoln Center . 17 August 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Coldiron, Phil (5 October 2017). "The Festival Beneath the Festival: Selections from Toronto International Film Festival 2017". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Locarno 2017. Lineup". Mubi . 12 July 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Lecture "Let Your Light Shine" by filmmaker Jodie Mack". cccb.org. 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  6. 1 2 Bryan VanCampen (2014-10-23). "Let Your Light Shine: Jodie Mack at Cornell Friday". ithaca.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  7. 1 2 3 Rizov, Vadim. "Jodie Mack | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  8. ↑ Rapold, Nicholas (9 July 2014). "A Dash of Whimsy, With Leftover Stars". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Mack, Jodie (2 April 2013). "Faculty Directory". dartmouth.edu. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Jodie Mack". cccb.org. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  11. ↑ "Jodie Mack". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  12. 1 2 Experimental Animation and Abstraction with Jodie Mack | Art School , retrieved 2018-03-03
  13. ↑ Želiko Luketić (2020). "Glistening otherworldliness of abstract daydreaming". Oris (No. 91 ed.). Croatia: Arhitekst. p. 206.
  14. ↑ Daniel Kasman (2014-05-02). "Anti-Animator: A Conversation with Jodie Mack". mubi.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  15. ↑ "Yard Work Is Hard Work". chicagoreader.com. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  16. ↑ Phil Coldiron. "Flicker Flicker Flicker Blam Pow Pow: Five Films by Jodie Mack". cinema-scope.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  17. ↑ Cath Clarke (2020-04-08). "The Grand Bizarre review – trippy travelogue to who knows where". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  18. ↑ "JODIE MACK: WASTELAND NO. 3: MOONS, SONS (2021)". pioneerworks.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  19. ↑ "Light Matter 2024, Experimental Film East Coast Festival, Announces Lineup for Fourth Edition". filmmakermagazine.com. 2024-10-28. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
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