Kevin Alexander Boon

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Kevin Alexander Boon
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Kevin Alexander Boon
BornKevin Alexander Boon
October 13, 1956
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
OccupationWriter, film director, English professor, film producer

Kevin Alexander Boon (a.k.a. Kevin A. Boon, Kevin Boon, Doc Boon) is a Pushcart-nominated author, an award-winning filmmaker, and a professor emeritus of English and Media Studies at Penn State. [1]

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Selected works

Book-length scholarly works

  • Script Culture and the American Screenplay. Wayne State University Press. 2008. ISBN   978-0-8143-3263-4.
  • At Millennium's End: new Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut . State University of New York Press. 2001. ISBN   0-7914-4929-7.
  • Reading the Sea. Fort Schuyler Press. 1999. ISBN   0-9670328-1-4.[ permanent dead link ]
  • An Interpretive Reading of Virginia Woolf's the Waves Narrative, Time and Self. Mellen Press. 1998. ISBN   0-7734-8370-5.
  • Chaos Theory and the Interpretation of Literary Texts The Case of Kurt Vonnegut. Mellen Press. 1997. ISBN   0-7734-8553-8.

Creative works

Fiction

Filmography

TitleRelease dateStudioAwards
Two Days Back November 18, 2011 Third Child Productions/Mont Alto Film Project Best Feature [2]
Ghosting October 4, 2016 Third Child Productions/Mont Alto Film Project Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography
A Host of Sparrows 2018 Third Child Productions/Open Keg Film Project Best Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Ensemble Cast
That Kiss (short) 2023 Third Child Productions

Film awards

YearWorkFestivalCategoryResult
2019 A Host of Sparrows Tupelo Film FestivalElvin Whitesides Best Director AwardWON
2018 A Host of Sparrows Maverick Movie Awards Best ScreenplayNOMINEE
2018 A Host of Sparrows Clifton Film CelebrationBest FeatureWON
2018 A Host of Sparrows Clifton Film CelebrationBest CinematographyWON
2018 A Host of Sparrows Indie Gathering International Film FestivalBest Ensemble CastWON
2016 Ghosting Flagler Film FestivalBest Horror/ThrillerWON
2016 Ghosting Flagler Film FestivalBest DirectorWON
2016 Ghosting Bare Bones International Film Festival Audience Award - Best PosterWON
2015 Ghosting Tupelo Film FestivalBest Feature [3] 2nd Place
2015 Ghosting Philadelphia Independent Film Festival Best FeatureWON
2015 Ghosting World Music & Independent Film Festival Best Director (DMV)WON
2015 Ghosting Maverick Movie Awards Best EditingNOMINEE
2015 Ghosting Maverick Movie Awards Best MusicNOMINEE
2015 Ghosting I Filmmaker International Film Festival - Marbella, SpainBest Horror FeatureNOMINEE
2015 Ghosting World Music & Independent Film Festival Best Cinematography (DMV)WON
2015 Ghosting Harrisburg-Hershey Independent Film FestivalBest Local FeatureWON
2011 Two Days Back Bare Bones International Film Festival Best Feature - Horror/Sci-Fi [4] WON

Notes

  1. "Penn State Mont Alto: Dr. Kevin Boon". ma.psu.edu. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. "Two Days back". IMDb .
  3. "Two Days back". IMDb .
  4. "Two Days back". IMDb .