Adam Sekuler, M.F.A.
Teaching Areas:
Journalism and Media ProductionBiography and Education
Adam Sekuler is a filmmaker, curator, educator and editor. Screening in forums and film festivals throughout the US and internationally, his many alternative films strike a delicate balance between stylization and naturalism, creating a poetic and lyrical form of visual storytelling. He's interested in the intersection of documentary and fiction filmmaking practices.
He holds an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado, Boulder, is Founder and Programmer of Radar: Exchanges in Dance Film Frequencies, and was Program Director for Northwest Film Forum (Seattle). Before arriving at UM-Dearborn, Adam taught at Loyola University in New Orleans and Skidmore College in Saratoga Spring.
Research areas: Documentary, Global Cinema, Experimental Cinema, Dance Film, Film Curation and Programming
Awards and Recognition
- Interbay Cinema Society Light Press Grant 2021
- POLIN Museum Film Grant 2020
- Carolee Schneemann Award, Chicago Underground Film Festival 2019
- Radical Empathy Award, Chicago Underground Film Festival 2018
- Queerty Award Nominee 2018
Selected Publications
Baum Means Tree (In Development)
The Flamingo (In Production) Feature Documentary
Really Good Friends (In Post-Production)
Work In Progress (2014- present) Ongoing Documentary
Lonely Is Her Great Age (2020) Short Experimental Documentary
36 Hours (2019,74 min) Feature Documentary
hours at sea (2019, 11min) Short Experimental Film
Tomorrow Never Knows (2017, 93min) Feature Documentary
pontchartrain (2016, 7min) Short Experimental Dance Film
Grand Celebration (2016, 13min) Short Documentary
a ballad for the female cow (2016, 7min) Short Experimental Documentary
Open Air (2015, 22min) Short Documentary
My Life In Google (2015, 24min) Short Documentary
Pavilion (2015, 3min) Short Experimental Dance Film