Emily D. Edwards, PhD
Professor, Department of Media Studies 
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro  

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY (PEER REVIEWED/AWARD-WINNING, NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED FILMS AND VIDEOS)

Edwards, Emily D. (Director, Editor, Animator) Animated short. The Ballad of Mary Laurie. Accepted to screen at University Film and Video Association conference, Boston, MA . August 2011. Reviewed by Erick Yates Greene, East Carolina University.

Edwards, Emily D. (Director, Editor, Animator) Animated short. Elemental. Accepted to screen at University Film and Video Association conference, Burlington, VT. August 2010. Reviewed by M. Heather Hartley, Women’s Studies, Communication, Media and Film, University of Windsor. Additional Screenings: Stone Cellars, July 3, 2010. Juried Screenings: Boomtown Film and Music Festival (experimental animation award) and Appalachian Film Festival, 2011. Invited screening at CFVF.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Animator) Animated short. The Luck. NC premiere, November 2010, Carolina Film and Video Festival (invited). University Film and Video Association conference screening. Reviewed by Alyn Warren, Professor MFA program, National University, School of Media and Communication, UFVA conference, August 2009.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer, Producer, Director, Editor), Michael Corbett (Cinematographer) and Flip Minott (DP). Bone Creek. Narrative Feature Film. Accepted to screen at the University Film and Video Association Conference, August 16, 2008. Reviewed by Argentinean film director Gustov Mercado. Greensboro, NC premiere, October 24-26, 2008, Carousel Grande Cinemas. Awards: Moondance 2010, BoomTown Film and Music Festival, 2009, BEA Award of Merit 2009.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer, Producer, Director, Editor), and Michael Corbett (Producer, Director of Photography). Scripture Cake. Narrative Feature Film.. Broadcast Education Association International Media Festival: Award of Merit and Award of Technical Excellence, 2007. Official selections: Appalachian Film Festival, April 21, 2007; Indie Memphis, October 19-25, 2007; George Lindsey Film Festival, March 1-6, 2007; Accolade Award Honorable Mention for Feature Film, 2007. Scripture Cake was additionally selected to screen with Digital Arts Shoals (DASH), a traveling independent film series from Muscle Shoals Alabama that screens award-winning independent films throughout the summer of 2008. Distributors: Imovie, 2007.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer, Producer, Director, Editor), and Michael Corbett (Producer/Director of Photography/Sound Editor). Root Doctor. Narrative Feature Film. Screenings: University of Film and Video Convention, Toledo, OH, August 3, 2004. Finalist (screenplay) International BEA Festival, 2003. Premiere: Carolina Theatre, February 26, 2005. Additional Screenings both juried and invited: Oxford Film Festival, September 3-11, 2005; Bluegrass Film Festival, Louisville, KY, September 9, 2005; Script to Screen Film Festival, Tulsa, OK, October 13-16, 2005; Backwoods Film Festival, Carolina Pinnacle Studios, Yanceyville, NC, October 9, 2005; Urban Literary Film Festival, Greensboro, NC. October 21, 2005. First Place: George Lindsay Film Festival, Best Faculty Production, April 2006. Distributors: Amazon.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer, Director, Editor), and Michael Corbett (Director of Photography/Sound Editor). Folk Medicine. Documentary. Distributor: South Carolina's Public Television, Southern Lens, May 2005.

Ndingwan, Chris (Coauthor, Cinematographer), and Emily D. Edwards (Coauthor, Animator, Editor). Ate’. Animated Narrative Short. Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, September 16, 2005, and North Carolina Visions, North Carolina Public Television (season eleven) October 8, 2005. Other screenings include TIFN night October 20, 2005, and a juried screening at UFVA Screening, August 4, 2006.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer/Producer/Director/Cinematographer), James McClenon (Executive Producer), and Eleanor Cowen (Editor). Wondrous Healing. Feature Documentary. With Travis Hardison (Narrator). Funded by the Parapsychology Foundation. Distributors: Stanley Stern and Penn State Media, 2004.

Edwards, Emily D. (Writer/Executive Producer/Editor), Michael Corbett (Producer/Director of Photography/Sound Editor), and John Lay (Director). Dead Write. Narrative Feature Film. Screenings: University of Film and Video Convention, Ithaca, NY, August 9, 2002, UFVA Award of Merit, 2003. Finalist: Cape Fear Film Festival, October 2003. First Place Faculty Productions: George Lindsay Film Festival, 2004. Visions Broadcast, North Carolina Visions (season nine), 2003.

Edwards, Emily D. (Executive Producer/ Director), and James McClenon (Associate Producer). Wondrous Events: Foundations of Folk Belief. Feature Documentary. Distribution: SECA to Public Television. June 29, 1994; Transponder C, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Current Distributor: Penn State Media.

Edwards, Emily D. Producer. Negotiation. Installation of Animated Short. Greensboro Artists’ League Gallery, Davie Street, Greensboro, NC, September 9-11, 1994.

Edwards, Emily D. (Author, Director, Animator), and Blane Knoble (Audio Design). Wizened Child. Animated Film. Distribution: KQED TV "Independent Eye," December 29, 1989. Additional Screenings: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC.

Edwards, Emily D. (Producer/Animator), and Doug Mokaren (Music). Dancer With Lunch. Animated Video. Greensboro Artists League Exhibition, October 25, 1991; Greensboro, NC, National Poetry Film Festival, November 16, 1991; Los Angeles, CA, Swahili Gallery Exhibition, February 20, 1992; Special Achievement Award, Smoky Mountain Nantahala Media Festival, Asheville, NC, 1992.

Edwards, Emily D. (Producer/Director), and Rebecca Adams (Associate Producer). (1990). Dead Heads: An American Subculture (Documentary Video). Greensboro, NC Distributor: SECA to PBS stations, Spacenet I Transponder II, channel 3, January 13, 1991,7:30 p.m. EST; additional distribution: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

AWARD WINNING SCRIPTS and SCREENPLAYS

Edwards, Emily D. Rude Planet. Feature Script. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Best of Festival King Award and Best of Competition, Feature Script Faculty Scriptwriting Competition (blind peer reviewed), 2011. Earlier version:Margins in Space. University Film and Video Association conference Ithaca, NY. Respondent: Mary Dalton, Wake Forest University. Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist, 2011. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Thorn. Short Script. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts., Short Script Faculty Scriptwriting Competition Award of Merit. (blind peer reviewed), 2011. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Swamp Gas. Short Script. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Best of Competition, Short Script Faculty Scriptwriting Competition (blind peer reviewed), 2010. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Cougar. Feature Script. Finalist International Horror Screenplay competition (for genre based feature film), 2008. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Field Notes. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Award of Excellence, Feature Length Faculty Scriptwriting Competition (blind peer reviewed), 2007. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Concrete Monkey. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Award of Excellence, Short Script Faculty Scriptwriting Competition (blind peer reviewed), 2007. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Scripture Cake. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Award of Excellence, Faculty Scriptwriting Competition (blind peer reviewed), 2005. (Produced and released in 2007).

Edwards, Emily D. Thump Liquor. University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, Toldeo, Ohio. Respondent: Vinay Shrivastava, 2004. Bare Bones screenwriting competition, Tulsa OK. (Produced under the title Bone Creek, 2008).

Edwards, Emily D. The Root Doctor. BEA Award of Excellence, Faculty Scriptwriting Competition (blind peer reviewed). University Film and Video Association Conference, Columbia, SC, 2003. (Produced and released in 2005).

Edwards, Emily D. Asta’s Amazing Expedition [AKA Astra's Amazing Adventure]. Judge’s Award, Twin Rivers Media Festival Screenwriting Competition, February 1, 2001. Winner of UFVA Staged Reading Competition, University Film and Video Association Conference, Rochester, NY, August 3, 2001. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. Dead Last. University Film and Video Association conference, Colorado College, Colorado Spring, CO. Respondent and critique: Jean Stawarz, Emerson University, Boston. Finalist, Bare Bones International Screenwriting Competition, a competition for scripts that may be produced for under $1-million, 2000. (Produced in 2002 under the title Dead Write).

Edwards, Emily D. The Hoax. University Film and Video Association conference, Emerson University, Boston, MA. Respondent and critique: Robert Wagner, Ohio State University. Finalist, Produce Me screenplay competition, 2000. (Unproduced).

Edwards, Emily D. The Boathouse. University Film and Video Association, 52nd Annual Conference, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC. Respondent and critique: Dr. Mary Johnson, University of Central Florida. Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist, 1998. (Optioned but not produced). Rewritten in 2009 for the BEA Merit Award, Festival of Media Arts.