Chris Filippone is a documentary filmmaker whose work explores survival economies, peripheral perspectives, and liminal spaces through aesthetically immersive approaches. His films have screened at Berlinale, Visions du Réel, SXSW, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, and Sheffield Doc/Fest, as well as featured in The New York Times Op-Docs, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Short of the Week, and Vimeo Staff Picks.
His film Huntsville Station was nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Short at the Cinema Eye Honors and Best Short at the IDA Documentary Awards, and qualified for Academy Award consideration. He has also received support from Catapult Film Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, AmDoc, Mountainfilm, and Bread and Roses; participated in artist residencies at Points North Institute, KHN Art Center, and Marble House Project; and been awarded fellowships from the Telluride Student Symposium and UFVA.
Chris is a graduate of Stanford University’s M.F.A. Documentary Film program and has previously taught at San Francisco Art Institute, Santa Clara University, and the University of Iowa. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Arts at the University of Chicago.
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