Education
2013 Master of Fine Arts in Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Recipient of William Merchant R. French Fellowship
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Selected Screenings
2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2017 Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2017 Indie Memphis, Memphis, TN; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2017 Portland Film Festival, Portland, OR; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2017 Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2015 Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL: Shooter and Whitley
2014 RIDM Montreal, Montreal, Canada: Shooter and Whitley
2014 Antimatter, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Shooter and Whitley
2014 New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA: Shooter and Whitley
2014 Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH: Shooter and Whitley
2014 Motorcycle Film Festival, Williamsburg, NYC: Shooter and Whitley
2014 Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI; Solo Retrospective
2014 The Nightingale, Chicago, IL: Shooter and Whitley
2013 You Might as Well Live, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL: Shooter and Whitley
2012 Act II: Fiction Brings It Closer, Student Union Galleries at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Shooter and Whitley
2010 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: Triennial Exhibition, Madison, WI
2010 Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole, MA, Ken: Story of a Western Drifter
2010 Action on Film International Film Festival; Los Angeles, CA: Das Rote Licht
2010 Culture Unplugged: Ken: Story of a Western Drifter
2009 European Film Festival: Ken: Story of a Western Drifter
2009 Action on Film International Film Festival; Los Angeles, CA: Ken: Story of a Western Drifter
2008 Neville Museum; Green Bay, WI: American Carnival
2005 Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI: Das Rote Licht
Awards and Honors
2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Nominated for Bright Future Award; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2014 Motorcycle Film Festival, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC; Shooter and Whitley, Best Narrative Feature
2014 Chicago Media Digital Production Fund Grant; Drifting Towards the Crescent
2014 Wisconsin Film Festival; Nominated for the Golden Badger Award, Shooter and Whitley
2013 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Received William Merchant R. French Fellowship for MFA Thesis film, Shooter and Whitley
2013 Flaxman Library: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Shooter and Whitley acquired for permanent collection
2010 Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
2009 Action on Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA; Nominated for Best Documentary
2006 Fred Alley Visionary Artist Award for Excellence in the Arts
2006 Peninsula Arts Association Grant in conjunction with the Wisconsin Arts Board; Silver Screen Spectra
2004 Peninsula Arts Association Grant in conjunction with the Wisconsin Arts Board; American Carnival
Selected Bibliography
2017 Filmmaker Magazine: The 50 Most Anticipated American Films of 2017; http://filmmakermagazine.com/101134-the-50-most-anticipated-american-films-of-2017/#.WKCqsRiZMUE
2017 To the Best of Our Knowledge, National Public Radio, Changing a Place by Documenting It; http://www.ttbook.org/book/changing-place-documenting-it
2015 Cinematheque: Jim Healy's Favorites of 2014; http://cinema.wisc.edu/blog/2015/01/01/jim-healys-favorites-2014
2014 Victoria News: Antimatter Festival Celebrates with Screenings, Installations and Performances; Featuring Shooter and Whitley, http://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/278677141.html
2014 What to Doc: RIDM Overview: Shooter and Whitley, http://whatnottodoc.com/2014/11/12/ridm-2014-overview/
2014 Wisconsin Public Television: Laura Stewart, director of Shooter and Whitley, featured on Wisconsin Public Television, "Director's Cut"
2014 Wisconsin Public Radio: "Jim Healy discusses Shooter and Whitley as one of the films to see this year"
2014 Isthmus: The Daily Page; Wisconsin Film Festival 2014: Shooter and Whitley director Laura A. Stewart discussed modern-day motorcycle culture; http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=42300
2014 The Daily Page: Around the World in Twelve Movies; featuring Shooter and Whitley
2014 Cinemaniak: Shooter and Whitley; http://www.cinemaniak.net/shooter-and-whitley/
2014 Film Documentaire France: Shooter and Whitley; http://www.film-documentaire.fr/Shooter_and_Whitley.html,film,43324
2014 Quoifaireaujourdhui.com: Shooter and Whitley; http://www.quoifaireaujourdhui.com/events/index.php?eID=305205
2013 Bad At Sports: Contemporary Art Talk; "Film Review: Shooter and Whitley by Laura Stewart," September 30, 2013; http://badatsports.com/2013/film-review-shooter-and-whitley-by-laura-stewart/
2013 Review for the Nightingale Cinema: http://nightingalecinema.org/shooter-and-whitley
2010 Milwaukee Journal; "Bugs, quilts and the state of art," by Mary Louise Schumacher, April 25, 2010
Lectures
2014 RIDM Montreal: Talent Lab; "Fictional Approach with Laura Stewart and Peter Kruger," Montreal, November 2014