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DocuSign Envelope ID: 32D5DFOB-2201-494E-993F-C356323EDD56 <br /> RESUME <br /> Francesca Talenti <br /> Email:fptalenti @gmail.com <br /> is <br /> EDUCATION <br /> M.F.A. The University of Southern California,Film Production. <br /> B.A. Brown University,Magna cum Laude,Phi Beta Kappa, <br /> Comparative Literature. <br /> ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE <br /> 2016--present Professor Emerita,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <br /> 2012-2016 Professor,Department of Communication Studies, <br /> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. <br /> 2005 Associate Professor,Department of Communication Studies,UNC-Chapel Hill. <br /> 2002 Assistant Professor,Department of Communication Studies,UNC-Chapel Hill. <br /> 1994-2001 Assistant Professor,Radio-Television-Film Department, <br /> The University of Texas at Austin. <br /> AWARDS,HONORS,AND DISTINCTIONS <br /> 2013 Best in Show,New Media,from the University Film and Videomakers' <br /> Association,for interactive installation entitled 3 Waves. <br /> 2012 Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2012 Semifinalist. <br /> 2011 Honorable Mention in Experimental Filmmaking,University Film and <br /> Videomakers'Association,for Daphne 2.0. <br /> Winner,Experimental Grit Award,Indie Grits Film Festival,for Daphne 2.0. <br /> 2010 Institute for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship,the University of North <br /> Carolina at Chapel Hill(Two course releases for Spring 2010). <br /> 2008 "Innovations in New Media"award from the University Film and Videomakers' <br /> Association,for installation entitled Dormant. <br /> 2007 Winner of WGBH's Open Call for Short Films:won a commission to produce an <br /> animation entitled The End of the World. <br /> Carolina Women's Center Scholar(One course release for Fall 2007). <br /> 2006 Kauffman Fellowship(Two course releases for Spring 2006). <br /> NEH seminar participant,6 weeks at the American Academy of Rome,summer. <br /> 2004 Quintet (producer/animator):collection of five animations. <br /> Selected to represent the best of public television from the US at Input 2004,Barcelona. <br /> Audience Award,DC International Film Festival,for Dancing Dog. <br /> 2003 Institute for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship,the University of North <br /> Carolina at Chapel Hill(Two course releases for Spring 2003). <br /> The Planets:Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance Film and Best <br /> Experimental Film at the Nashville International Film Festival <br /> 2002 Best Experimental film at the University Film and Videomakers'Association <br /> for Love Defined. <br /> Corporation for Public Broadcasting travel grant,to attend INPUT conference in Rotterdam,The <br /> Netherlands. <br /> 2001 Best Animation at the Adobe Digital Cinema Festival for Life Jacket. <br /> Best film under 15 minutes at the Damah Spiritual Film Festival for three animations,Life Jacket, <br /> I Exist,and On Writing Hat Poems. <br /> Best Independent Film Comedy from the Christopher Wetzel Memorial Fund for Snake Tales. <br /> 2000 Yaddo Resident Artist. <br /> Rockefeller Fellowship Nominee. <br /> 1999 Best Screenplay at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival,Belgium,for Snake Tales. <br /> 1 <br />