Ross Morin
Assistant Professor
Film Production
Office: Performing Arts Center 210
Phone: (320) 308-3265
Email: rwmorin@stcloudstate.edu
Ross is a filmmaker whose artistic roots are in film philosophy, politics and psychology. His degrees in Film Studies and Psychology from Connecticut College are integral to his approach to teaching filmmaking. He graduated from Ohio University with his MFA in Film and Video Production where he also learned of his other great passion: teaching. In 2006 he received the Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award from Ohio University. Ross is truly honored to be able to contribute to the film community, students and the film program here at SCSU.
He has written, directed, edited and produced over fifty films of diverse lengths and genres and collaborated on many others. His recent works have screened in festivals across the states from California to Florida to Maine to Ohio. He is an experienced cinematographer and editor and has worked with many formats of film as well as video. He has been greatly inspired by the films of Michael Haneke, Ingmar Bergman, Dario Argento, David Lynch and Christopher Maclaine. As a filmmaker, he frequently explores themes of isolation, connection, digital culture, and the social role of the "other." As an academic, he is interested in teaching production combined with philosophy and theory with a focus on ideology and gender representation. He is currently working on two papers, “Facebook and Jean Baudrillard: New Maps for These Territories” and “Woman as Irrelevant: The Representation of Women in the Student Film.” As a fanboy, he loves 70’s horror films, camp and exploitation cinema, and anything that challenges current filmmaking conventions.
At SCSU, he runs the production part of the Film Studies Program from scriptwriting to post-production. He teaches FS 260: The Art of Film, FS 270: Digital Film Production, FS 464: Cinematography, and co-teaches FS 464: Directing and Acting for the Camera.
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