Meg Knowles
documentary & experimental media
About
Photo Credit: Michael Niman
Meg Knowles
Documentary Filmmaker
Lives & works in Buffalo, NY
Meg Knowles has produced and directed numerous short autobiographical films and documentary videos, as well as created art installations exploring the environment and history of Western New York. She has an M.F.A. in Film Media Arts from Temple University and is an Associate Professor of Media Production at Buffalo State College.
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Education
MFA, Temple University
MAH, University at Buffalo
BA, Vassar College
Grants & Awards
NYSCA Finishing Funds
Buffalo State Provost's Research Fund
Individual Development Award, SUNY
First Prize, Experimental Category, 34th Athens International Film & Video Festival
NYSCA Regrant
Best Documentary, US Super-8 Film & Digital Video Festival
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Professional Service
Recent Exhibitions & Festivals (Selected)
La Video Shop, Paris, France
FLEFF Film Festival, Ithaca, NY
tiNai EcoFilm Festival, Goa, India
UDC & Project Censored Conference,
San Francisco, CA
Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual & Performing
Arts: Solo Show - "Meg Knowles: Short Stories,"
Amherst, NY
Fifth Avenue Cinema, "Film and Social Practice,"
Portland, OR
Albright Knox Art Gallery, "Videosphere," Buffalo, NY
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, "Termite TV: Food,
Water, Shelter," Buffalo, NY
2009 - Pacific Cinematheque, "Tough Stuff from the
Buff," Vancouver, BC
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Opening Exhibition,
Buffalo, NY
PDX Film Festival, Portland, OR
20th Annual Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Modern Art, "Documentary Fortnight",
New York, NY
Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
31st Athens International Film & Video Festival
Deep Dish TV
Anthology Film Archives, "Hinterlands and Border
Towns," New York, NY