Kathy Smith (filmmaker)
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Kathy Smith is an Australian
independent filmmaker, painter, photographer, and Associate Professor with the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts
(DADA), USC School of Cinematic Arts
. She has been the Chair of DADA since 2004.
Smith was born in Taree, New South Wales
. She graduated from the Sydney College of the Arts
in 1985. Shortly after graduation, she was awarded the Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Arts Scholarship for Painting. She received the Desiderius Orban Art Award in 1986. Her films have screened "internationally, including SIGGRAPH N-Space Art Gallery, Sundance Film Festival, New York Digital Salon, Hiroshima, Anima Mundi, and Ottawa International Animation Festivals [... she] has exhibited internationally at group and solo exhibitions such as Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Conservatorio di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence, Italy, and the Australian National Gallery, Canberra." Her body of work includes the award-winning animated film, Indefinable Moods (2001).
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independent filmmaker, painter, photographer, and Associate Professor with the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts
Division of Animation and Digital Arts
The John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, United States, is an "international and multi-cultural program focusing on animation in all its forms." The program offers an undergraduate minor and major in animation, MFA, and Ph.D in...
(DADA), USC School of Cinematic Arts
USC School of Cinematic Arts
The USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television , is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of...
. She has been the Chair of DADA since 2004.
Smith was born in Taree, New South Wales
Taree, New South Wales
Taree is a city on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the sea coast,...
. She graduated from the Sydney College of the Arts
Sydney College of the Arts
The Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle, Sydney, Australia is the visual arts faculty of the University of Sydney. It is housed in the Kirkbride complex, a cluster of sandstone buildings designed by James Barnet, the government architect in the late 19th century...
in 1985. Shortly after graduation, she was awarded the Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Arts Scholarship for Painting. She received the Desiderius Orban Art Award in 1986. Her films have screened "internationally, including SIGGRAPH N-Space Art Gallery, Sundance Film Festival, New York Digital Salon, Hiroshima, Anima Mundi, and Ottawa International Animation Festivals [... she] has exhibited internationally at group and solo exhibitions such as Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Conservatorio di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence, Italy, and the Australian National Gallery, Canberra." Her body of work includes the award-winning animated film, Indefinable Moods (2001).
Selected works
- 2001: Indefinable Moods
- 1993: Living on the Comet
- 1987: Delirium (instillation)
- 1985: Change of Place
- 1985: Ayers Rock Animation
- 1984: A Figure in Front of A Painting
- 1983: Designed Nightmare
- 1983: Power & Passion
Indefinable Moods
- SIGGRAPHSIGGRAPHSIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals...
2001 - Computer Graphics International 2001, Hong Kong
- Rhode Island International Film Festival
- Prix Leonardo, Italy
- New York Expo of Short Film & Video, New York
- Anima Mundi International Animation Festival Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
- Micromuseum of Mediaterra Festival, Greece
- 14th Foyle Film Festival, Northern Ireland
- Mediarama 2001 Electronic Art & New Technologies Festival, Spain
- Canberra International Short Film Festival, Australia
- Ajjijic International Film Festival, Mexico
- Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey
- Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada
Living on the Comet
- California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles, USA
- Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Brazil
- ‘Animania’ International Retrospective of Animation, Italy
- 5th International Animation Festival, Japan
- Cardiff International Film Festival, UK
- New York International Expo of Short Film & Video
- Animated Moments AFI Cinema Sydney, Australia
Selected awards
- 2005 Phi Kappa PhiPhi Kappa PhiThe Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education"...
Faculty Recognition Award in the Creative Arts, USC, for ‘Indefinable Moods’ - 2002 Best Animated Short, USA Film FestivalUSA Film Festival-History:Founded in 1971, the USA Film Festival has presented the world, national and regional premieres of thousands of studio and independent feature films and short experimental, animated, documentary and dramatic films....
, ‘Indefinable Moods’ - 2002 Best Animated Film Convergence Art Festival
- 2001 First Place, Computer Graphics International
- 2001 Silver Award, Prix Leonardo Parma Italy, ‘Indefinable Moods’
- 2001 Rhode Island International Film FestivalRhode Island International Film FestivalFlickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state. Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the Newport Film/Video Society & Arts Collaborative, a 501 non-profit...
, ‘Indefinable Moods’ - 2001 Jury Award, New York Expo of Short Film & Video, ‘Indefinable Moods’
- 1994 Bronze Award, ‘Living on the Comet’ at the Expo of Short Film & Video New York
- 1994 Certificate of Merit ‘Living on the Comet’ Cork International Film Festival
- 1985 Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Arts Scholarship for painting.
External links
- Official website
- Faculty page - USC School of Cinematic ArtsUSC School of Cinematic ArtsThe USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television , is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of...
- Faculty page - Division of Animation and Digital ArtsDivision of Animation and Digital ArtsThe John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, United States, is an "international and multi-cultural program focusing on animation in all its forms." The program offers an undergraduate minor and major in animation, MFA, and Ph.D in...