Julie Casper Roth (born Julie E. Casper), is an American artist, documentary filmmaker, experimental video artist, and writer based in Connecticut.[1]
Julie Casper Roth | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julie E. Casper |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, filmmaker, experimental video artist, writer |
Career
editCasper Roth's work has been presented at many venues, including the MadCat International Women's Film Festival (2007, Object Lessons, West Coast premier),[2] the Athens International Film and Video Festival, Chicago Reeling Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, and the Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Anthology Film Archives.[3]
In addition, Casper Roth's work has been screened in gallery settings including Artists’ Television Access in San Francisco and the SCOPE Art Fair held at Lincoln Center and in Basel, Switzerland. She won 2nd Place in the experimental category in the 2008 Athens International Film and Video Festival.[4] In 2011, she screened Housewives: Left Alone! at the video_dumbo video festival held in conjunction with the 2011 DUMBO Arts Festival.[5] In 2008, she screened "A Matter of Fiction" at the video_dumbo video festival as part of the 2008 DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, NY.[6]
In 2008, the Smith College alumnae magazine wrote that, "[Roth's] work has steadily gained national exposure since her graduation from Smith" in 2007.[7] And the March 2008 issue of the Smith alum magazine contained a follow-up feature about Casper Roth entitled, "Alum Filmmaker Getting National Exposure."[8] In 2007, The Chicago Traveler magazine mentioned Casper Roth's screening of "Tokens" as one of the highlights of the 2007 Chicago Reeling Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival.[9]
As of 2015, Casper Roth was a producer/director at WMHT-PBS where she created documentary content and was the initial producer for AHA! A House of Arts, a weekly television arts program. Her documentary Out in Albany was the first documentary aired on public television to highlight the history and contemporary work of the Albany, NY Capital Region's LGBTQ community.[10][11][12]
Filmography
edit- Object Lesson [short] (2006)
- Physical Biography [3:30 min.] (2007)
- Tokens [18:00 min.] (2007)
- A Matter of Fiction [3:50 min.] (2008)
- Speaking with My Mouth Closed [short] (2009)
- Soothsayers: The Oil Loop [short] (2010)
- The Main [feature-length documentary] (2010)
- Lying Eyes [short] (2011)
- I Am Stein [10:13 min.] (2011)
- Housewives: Left Alone! [4:00 min.] (2011)
- The Animal Underground [4:57 min.] (2011)
- Paper Pills [in-progress short] (2011–2012)
- The Veil (2012)
- NT [feature screenplay] (2012)
- The Albany Academies [documentary] (2013)
- AHA! A House of Arts [television series] (producer-2014)
- Out in Albany [documentary] (2015)
- The Cake is a Lie [short fictional narrative] (2015)
- Beneath Gaslights [feature screenplay] (2014-2015)
- "Rooted Out" [documentary] (2022)[13][14]
Music videos
editAwards
edit- In 2021, Casper Roth was the recipient of a NYSCA Individual Artist grant.[16]
- In 2012 and 2014, Casper Roth was a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
- In 2012, she was awarded a Professional Development Fellowship in Visual Arts from the College Art Association, one of only five MFA students in the U.S. to receive this award.
- In 2011, she was awarded a Research Grant for an experimental video project from University at Albany MFA program.
- In 2010, she was awarded a Strategic Opportunity Stipend grant from the New York Foundation on the Arts.
- In 2008, she was named as a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Video.[17]
- In 2008, NYFA also named her as an award recipient in the NYFA MARK program.[18]
- In 2008, she won 2nd Place in the Experimental Category in the Athens International Film and Video Festival.
- In 2007, she won the "Best Experimental Film" and the "Best Film of Smith College" awards at the Five College Film Festival.[19]
- In 2007, she was awarded a Strategic Opportunity Stipend grant from the New York Foundation on the Arts.
- In 2006, she was named as a Finalist for the Short Screenplay category in the Ivy Film Festival.
Personal life
editJulie Casper Roth graduated cum laude from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She resides in Connecticut.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Faculty Member Awarded Grant". Norwalk Community College. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Madcat Women's International Film Festival". Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^ "Smith College: News". www.smith.edu. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "THE BYRD SOCIETY - Cineffable 2012". www.cineffable.fr (in French). Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Vd2011 Damn Close".
- ^ "Bubble Theory".
- ^ "Smith College: News". www.smith.edu.
- ^ "Smith College: News". www.smith.edu.
- ^ http://www.thechicagotraveler.com/2007/11/reeling-2007/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Capital Region LGBTQ community in TV documentary | The Daily Gazette". dailygazette.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Capital Region LGBTQ Community in TV Documentary". The Daily Gazette. The Daily Gazette. January 13, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Out in Albany Extras | WMHT Specials | PBS". PBS.org. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Rooted Out". Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ Weiss, Abby (October 3, 2023). "Out Film CT to highlight local talent at 36th LGBTQ film festival". CT Insider. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Ahead of new album Hey What, Low release new single and video More". Guitar.com | All Things Guitar. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "New York State Council on the Arts-FY2021 New Grant Awards" (PDF). nysca.org. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_artists_detail.asp?pid=5987[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NYFA MARK Alumni - Julie Casper Roth". nyfamark.com.
- ^ "Best of 2007 Five-College Student Films - Amherst Cinema". amherstcinema.org.