David Ellis
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Filmmaker and photographer |
| Location | Cape Cod, United States |
| Introduction | David Ellis is an experimental filmmaker and photographer. He has taught photography at leading art centers and universities including the Rhode Island School of Design, UMASS Dartmouth, AS220 Providence RI and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. His work in alternative photographic capture includes pinhole photography, hybrid processes, cell phone, Polaroid, pinhole and experimental video and computer generated images. Working as a freelance photographer, he has shot for numerous publications, organizations and agencies. He has been awarded many grants and fellowships including the National Endowment for the Arts, the University of Texas Hogg Foundation, the City of Austin Texas and the Sate of New Mexico AIPP program. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held widely in private, corporate and public collections including Bellas Artes National Museum of Fine Art in Mexico City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Patzcuaro, Mexico, the Getty Collection in Los Angeles and the City of Austin Texas. He was selected for induction into the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Artists, Washington, DC and currently works on Cape Cod. |
| Interests | Experimental Film and Video, Super8 Filmmaking, Alternative photographic capture and processes, New Electronic music, Vintage anonymous photography, Early filmmakers, Modernist period art, Antiques and collecting vintage photography and cameras |
| Favorite Movies | Stranger Than Paradise, The Third Man, Pink Floyd The Wall, Any Early 2oth Century Experimental Film |