NOT MADE IN HEAVEN: a portrait of the artist as self-saboteur
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Sarah Bauer
Bauer is Associate Professor of Art and Design and the New Media Coordinator at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She holds a BFA in printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA in sculptural installation from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Central St. Martins in London. She has exhibited her work internationally and is currently integrating performance and video into her art practice. Bauer has received grants and fellowships in support of her work and recently exhibited at Exit Art in New York.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Jen Dietrich
Dietrich is Assistant Professor of Art and Design and director of the Art Educators Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She holds a BA in German, a BFA in painting/drawing from the University of Minnesota, an MA in Northern Studies, and an MFA in painting/drawing from the University of Alaska. Dietrich taught drawing, painting, and art history at the University of Alaska, and was the director of the Alaska Art Institute. As director, Dietrich built a successful program by attracting major artists and art historians to speak, including: Sister Wendy, Dave Hickey, Chuck Close, and Philip Pearlstein.
PRODUCER: Althea Wasow
Wasow is a New York-based independent writer, director, and producer. She recently completed The Wannabe, an award-winning 35mm short she wrote and directed. She is currently completing writing for An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art (March, 2007) and a book, of the same name, to be published by Steidl. She worked in a producing capacity on the documentary projects: Rikers High, The Mark of Cain, and The Innocents. Wasow obtained her BA in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University and her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. She serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit organization the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP).
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brian Rigney Hubbard
Hubbard's experience as a DP extends through feature, commercial and documentary. He recently finished two features: Marconi Bros. and Bad Meat, starring Chevy Chase and directed by Scott Dikkers, founder of the Onion. He was awarded best cinematography at Semana del Cine 2000, Elektrozine 2000, and was nominated for the 2004 American Society of Cinematographers’ Heritage Award. Clients include @radical, the Sundance Channel, HBO and candidates from the Democratic Party for Congress. Hubbard’s work has screened at Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, Toronto, IFP, New York, and Berlin. He has an MFA from NYU and is represented by the Gersh Agency.
