Kerry A. Laitala
798 Post St. #304
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 441-3815
klaitala@yahoo.com

Education:

M.F.A., Filmmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA-1997.
B.F.A. with Honors, Massachusetts College of Art, Film & Photography,
Boston, MA-1992.

Awards:

Official Jury Selection First Prize for "Out of the Ether", Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, 2004
Black Maria Director's and Programs Staff's Citation for ÒOut of the EtherÓ, 2004
Official Jury Selection First Prize for "Out of the Ether", Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, 2004
Black Maria Director's and Programs Staff's Citation for "Out of the Ether", 2004
Director's Choice Award for "Hallowed", Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ-2003.
Honorable Mention for "Conquered", Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL.
Chicago Underground Film Fund, Chicago, IL.
Film Fellowship, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany- 1998-1999.
Director’s Choice Award, Thomas A. Edison Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, New Jersey-1998.
Princess Grace Award, Princess Grace Foundation, New York, NY- 1996.
125th Anniversary Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA-1996.
Merit Film Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1995-1997.
Artist Association Trust Fund Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA-1992.
Alumnae Association Arts Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA -1991.

Skills:

Extensive Knowledge of all aspects of 16mm & 8mm Technology Knowledge of Digital Technology and history of Avant-garde Cinema. Avid Media Composer, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, HTML, Premiere, Sound Edit 16 & Deck II, MS Office.

Solo Shows:

SF Cinematheque, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA-2002.
WORM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands-2002.
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland-2001.
Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, New York, NY- 2001.
Massachusetts College of Art Film Society, Boston, MA- 2000 & 2001.
Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA-1999.
Akademie Schloss Solitude- Stuttgart, Germany-2001 & 1999.

Selected Shows:

2004

L'Étrange Film Festival, Screening of "Out of The Ether", Paris, France
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Screening of "Out of the Ether", Edinburgh, Scotland
Atlanta international Film Festival, Screening of "Out of the Ether", Atlanta, GA
Arizona International Film Festival, Screening of "Out of the Ether", Tucson, AZ
Ann Arbor Film Festival- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Ann Arbor, MI.
Sundance- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Park City, Utah
Media City- Screening of "Out of the Ether" Windsor, Ontario.
Big Muddy Film Festival- Screening of "Out of the Ether" Carbondale, IL
Ann Arbor Film Festival- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Ann Arbor , MI.
Cinema De Bailie- Screening of "Retrospectroscope" and "Out of the Ether", Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The 33rd International Film and Video Festival Rotterdam, Screening of "Out of the Ether", Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Wand, The Stuttgarter Filmwinter- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Stuttgart, Germany

2003
Iljuart House Experimental Film Festival- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Seoul, Korea
Mix Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film and Video Festival- Screening of "Out of the Ether", NYC.
Brooklyn Underground Film and Video Festival- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Brooklyn, NY
The Experimental Cinema Exposition- Screening of "Out of the Ether", Colorado Springs, CO.
Rotterdam International Film Festival- Screening of "Hallowed", Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Black Maria Film Festival, Screening of "Hallowed", Jersey City, NJ.
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Screening of "Hallowed", Ann Arbor, MI.
San Francisco Art Institute, Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming" and "Hallowed", San Francisco, CA.
Mix Gay and Lesbian Festival of Experimental Film- Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY.

2002
Cinematexas- Screening of "Hallowed" Austin, Texas.
Chicago Underground Film Festival- Screening of "Journey into the Unknown", Chicago, IL.
Ladyfest- ATA, Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", San Francisco, CA.
SFMOMA- Screening of "Hallowed", San Francisco, CA.
New York Underground Film Festival- Screening of "Journey into the Unknown", NYC.
Ann Arbor Film Festival- Screening of "Hallowed", Ann Arbor, MI.
Villa Grande Experimental Film Festival- Screening of "Conquered", Villa Grande, CA.

2001
Film Arts Festival of Independent Film- Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming", San Francisco, CA.
New York International Film Festival- Lincoln Center, Screening of "Conquered" & "Hallowed", New York, NY.
Edinburgh College of Art- Installation entitled "Perpetual Chasm", Edinburgh, Scotland.
Providence Women's Film Festival- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X"- Providence, RI.
Chicago Underground Film Festival- Screening of "Conquered" & "Awake, But Dreaming"- Chicago, IL.
Onion City Film Festival- Screening of "The Adventure Parade"- Chicago, IL.
CinemaTexas- Screening of "Conquered", Austin, TX.
MadCat Women's Festival- Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming", San Francisco, CA.
The Image Forum- Screening of "Test", Tokoyo, Japan.
Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard- SF Cinematheque, Installation entitled "S.O.S.", San Francisco, CA.
Robert Beck Memorial Cinema- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X" at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Big Muddy Film Festival- Screening of "Conquered", University of Illinois, Carbondale, IL.
European Media Arts Festival- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X" & "Awake, but Dreaming", Osnabruck, Germany.
John Hopkins Film Festival- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", Baltimore, Maryland.
Cinema 21- Peripheral Produce, Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming", Portland, OR.
Taos Talking Picture Festival- Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming", Taos, New Mexico.
Media City 7- International Festival of Experimental Film & Video, Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming", Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Rotterdam International Film Festival- Screening of "Secure the Shadow...", "Awake, But Dreaming", "Conquered" and "The Adventure Parade"- Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
No Nothing Cinema- Screening of "Black Bile", San Francisco, CA.
Stuttgart International Film Festival- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", & "Awake, But Dreaming", Stuttgart, Germany.
The Lux Centre for New Media- Pandaemonium Bienalle, Screening of "Conquered", London, England.

2000
Artist Television Access- Screening of "Uncle Ernie's Home Movies", San Francisco, CA.
Pacific Film Archive- Screening of "Awake, but Dreaming", "The Escapades of Madame X", "The Adventure Parade", & "Retrospectroscope"- Berkeley, CA.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Cinematheque- Screening of "Awake, But Dreaming", San Francisco, CA.
New York Film Festival- Screening of "The Adventure Parade", Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC.
Madcat International Film Festival- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA.
The Chicago Underground Film Festival- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", Chicago, IL.
Galerie 14-1- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", Stuttgart, Germany.
The Exploratorium- Screening of "Secure the Shadow..." , "Bodyscope"-(A Work in Progress), San Francisco, CA.
The Exploratorium- Slide Lecturer- Show entitled "Anatomy in Waxworks", San Francisco, CA.
The Lux Centre for Film & Video- Screening of "Secure...'Ere the Shadow Fade...", London, England.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts- Bay Area Now 2- Screening of "The Escapades of Madame X", San Francisco, CA.
The Lab- "Retrospectroscope- The Installation", San Francisco, CA.
Francis Ford Coppla Theatre- Participated in a panel discussion about film preservation, Symposium entitled "Changing Frames", San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.

1999
Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000," Screening of "Retrospectroscope" & "Secure the Shadow..."- New York, NY.
Cinematheque Francaise, Screening of "Secure the Shadow...'Ere the Substance Fade..." & "Retrospectroscope", Paris, France.
The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema- Collective Unconscious- Screening of "The Wood Nymphs", NYC.
Tojin-machi Independent Film Festival- Screening of "Secure the Shadow...", Saga City, Japan.
The Image Forum- Screening of "Secure the Shadow..", Tokyo, Japan.
Cinematheque, California College of Arts & Crafts- Screening of "Test"- San Francisco, CA.
Aurora Picture Show- Screening of "Secure the Shadow...", Houston, TX.
The American Cinema Classics Appreciation Society, The Abbey Lounge- Screening of "Secure the Shadow", Cambridge, MA.
Peripheral Produce- Cinema 21- Screening of "Retrospectroscope", show entitled "Three Year Anniversary Show, Portland, OR.
Akademie Schloss Solitude- Screening of "Conquered", "Test" & "Grimm Enchantment", Stuttgart, Germany.
Pacific Film Archive- Screening of "Secure the Shadow...'Ere the Substance Fade...", Berkeley, CA.
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Screening of "Test", Chicago, IL.
Zeum- "The X-Oscope", an installation (remote cousin to the Electro-Tachyscope, an early pre-cinematic device), San Francisco, CA.

1998
Artist Television Access, Screening of "The Adventure Parade", San Francisco, CA.New York Underground Film Festival, Pink Pony Theatre- Screening of "Retrospectroscope", show entitled "Perihelion EPI- Phenomena", NYC.
Romerstrasse, Installation & Live Performance entitled "Trajectory", 16mm film Loops and live sound performance, collaboration with Wolfgang Suppan, Stuttgart, Germany.
Akademie Schloss Solitude- Two Installations, entitled "Perpetual Chasm", & "Dissipation Between Here & Nowhere"- both pieces involved the use of film and sound loops, Stuttgart, Germany.
Artist Television Access- Screening of "Stag Party Movie" San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco International Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive & Kabuki 8-Screening of "Retrospectroscope", San Francisco & Berkeley, CA.
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan Theatre- Screening of "Secure the Shadow...", Ann Arbor, MI.
Thomas A. Edison Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City State College- Screening of "Secure the Shadow" Jersey City, NJ. Festival Tour: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, and Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Bates College, Lewiston, ME.

1997
Artist Television Access- Screening of "Test" & "Retrospectroscope"- San Francisco, CA.
Pacific Film Archive- Screening of "Retrospectroscope"- Berkeley, CA.
Cinematheque- Screening of "Retrospectroscope"- San Francisco, and Berkeley, CA.
San Francisco International Film Festival- Kabuki 8, and Pacific Film Archive- Screening of "Secure the Shadow...'Ere the Substance Fade.."- San Francisco & Berkeley, CA.