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SCAD faculty portrait of Jochen Kunstler

Jochen Kunstler

Film and television professor

Education

  • M.F.A., film, Vermont College of Fine Arts

Credentials

Academic

  • Professor of film and television, January 2020–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
  • Adjunct professor for post-production, Fall 2013–Summer 2019, VCUArts Cinema, Richmond, VA
  • Adjunct professor, Summer 2018–Fall 2019, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
  • Adjunct instructor, Fall 2017–Spring 2018, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC
  • Adjunct instructor, Fall 2012–Spring 2014, Roanoke Chowan Community College, Ahoskie, NC
  • Media literacy and technology instructor for residential summer program, 2012–19, Upward Bound at Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC

Professional

  • TV commercial producer, 1996, DMB&B, Frankfurt, Germany
    Clients included: Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Tyco Toys
  • Unit production manager, 1995, ARTE MUSICA (German/French culture channel), Mainz, Germany
  • Assistant director/unit production manager, 1992–94, ZDF German Television, Mainz, Germany

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Grant, Department of Education, STEM-based programming for Upward Bound, 2018
  • NC Arts Council Diversity Grant, stage adaptation, 2018
  • NC Arts Council Grassroots Diversity Grant, play, 2013
  • NC Arts Council Grassroots Diversity Grant, North Carolina Family Film Festival, 2012–17

Organizations

  • University Film and Video Association
    • Screening co-chair, UFVA conference, 2017–18
  • CILECT (via VCUarts Cinema)
  • Board member and volunteer, The Gallery Theatre, Ahoskie, NC
  • Member, C.S. Brown Cultural Arts Center, Winton, NC

Publications and presentations

  • Producer/editor, Hard was the Ground, Cold was the Night, feature film, 2019.
  • Editor, Off the Record, narrative feature, Amazon, 2019.
  • Editor, Absolute Killers, narrative feature with Ed Furlong and Meatloaf, Amazon, 2014.
  • Editor, JOSH, narrative feature, 2013.
  • Editor, Nocturnal Agony, narrative feature, Amazon, 2011.
  • Editor, Mahler on the Couch, narrative feature, LA Independent Film Festival, 2010.
  • Editor, Ed Brubaker’s Angel of Death, web series, Sony’s Crackle.com, 2008.
  • Editor, Hawaiian Gardens, narrative feature, 2001.
  • Gone to Maui, narrative feature, Hallmark Entertainment, 1998.