Awards and Recognitions
Teaching
Award of Teaching Excellence (Senior Faculty). University Film and Video Association. 2019
Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis. Connecticut College. 2019
John S. King Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. Connecticut College. 2018
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Faculty Mentor Award. Connecticut College. 2018
Helen Mulvey Faculty Award for challenging students intellectually. Connecticut College. 2015 (Nominated)
Graduate Associate Outstanding Teacher Award. Ohio University. 2006
Films
Disrupture (in preproduction). Writer.
International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival. Phoenix, AZ – Winner - First Place. 2021
International Horror Hotel. Cleveland, OH – Winner - 3rd Place. 2021
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival. Hollywood, CA – Winner - Honorable Mention. 2021
Unrestricted View Film Festival. London, UK – Nominated - Best Short Script. 2021
Independent Horror Movie Awards. USA - Nominated – Best Short Script. 2021
Indie Horror Film Festival. Dekalb, IL – Semi-finalist. 2021
San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition. San Francisco, CA – Finalist. 2021
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. Hollywood, CA – Quarter-finalist. 2021
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards. Los Angeles, CA - Semi-finalist. 2021
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Atlanta, GA – Semi-finalist. 2021
In a Landscape, Dreaming (2019) Writer/Director/Producer/Editor - Ross Morin
Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image. New York, NY. 2019. Winner - Best Music Video, Nominated – Best Cinematography
Pune Short Film Festival. Pune, India. 2019. Winner - Best Foreign Film
ABQ Indie Film Festival. Albuquerque, NM. 2019. Nominated – Best Experimental Film
Northeast Mountain Film Festival. Dillard, GA. 2019. Nominated – Best Experimental Film
A Peculiar Thud (2016) Writer/Director/Producer
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkomkoma, NY. 2018. Nominee - Best Editing
Sanford International Film Festival. Sanford, ME. 2017. Nominee - Best Horror
Great Lakes International Film Festival. Erie, PA. 2017 Nominee - Best Horror
Coney Island Film Festival. Coney Island, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Horror
Liberty Massacre Horror Short Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2017. Winner - Best Actor
Atlanta Shortsfest. Atlanta, GA. 2017. Nominee - Best Thriller Short
Southeast New England Film Music and Art Fest. Providence, RI. 2017 - Winner - Best Horror Short;
Winner - Audience Award - Best Regional Horror Short
International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 - Honorable Mention
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017. Finalist
Kickstarter - Project We Love
A Wheel out of Kilter (2015). Writer/Director/Actor/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkonkoma, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Feature Film. Nominated - Best Cinematography in a
Feature, Best Editing in a Feature, Best Sound in a Feature, Best Screenplay in a Feature, Best Actor in a Feature, Best
Director in a Feature
Broken Knuckle Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016. Nominated - Freaky Feature Award
Spotlight Horror Film Awards 2016. Winner - Bronze Award
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2016. Nominated - Best Maine Film
Horror Hotel International Film Festival. Hudson, OH. 2016. Winner - 3rd place - Feature
Suspense/Thriller competition.
Mountain Film Festival. Mammoth Lakes, CA. 2016. Winner - Sir Edmund Hillary Award - Feature
Film competition
Santa Monica Indie Fest. Santa Monica, CA. 2015. Winner - Honorable Mention
Princeton Independent Film Festival. Princeton, NJ. 2015. Indie Spirit Award
A Man of God (2015). Editor/Producer (Dir. Matthew Herbertz)
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, Fort Worth, TX. 2016. Award Nominee
Moving Media Film Festival, Detroit, MI. 2016. Winner - 2nd place Best Narrative Short
The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, Des Moines, IA. 2016. Winner - Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Distinguished
Cinematography Award.
Cigar Man (2012). Editor/Producer/Sound Designer (Dir. Evan Clar)
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2015. Best Short Film (nominated)
Ad Noctum (2011). Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Producer
Illinois International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2011. Best Short Horror Film
Creative Arts Film Festival. 2011. Best Short Horror Film (nominated)
Les Moulins (2009). Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2009. Honorable Mention
Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2007. Best Production
Suburban Fantasies (2006). Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2006. Most Creative
Muzzle (2006). Director of Photography (Dir. Jeremy Moss)
Sunstone Symposium Film Contest. Salt Lake City, UT. 2006. Best Short Narrative
Academic
Phi Kappa Phi. Ohio University. 2008.
Phi Beta Kappa. Connecticut College. 2005.
Summa Cum Laude. Connecticut College. 2005.
Award of Teaching Excellence (Senior Faculty). University Film and Video Association. 2019
Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis. Connecticut College. 2019
John S. King Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. Connecticut College. 2018
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Faculty Mentor Award. Connecticut College. 2018
Helen Mulvey Faculty Award for challenging students intellectually. Connecticut College. 2015 (Nominated)
Graduate Associate Outstanding Teacher Award. Ohio University. 2006
Films
Disrupture (in preproduction). Writer.
International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival. Phoenix, AZ – Winner - First Place. 2021
International Horror Hotel. Cleveland, OH – Winner - 3rd Place. 2021
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival. Hollywood, CA – Winner - Honorable Mention. 2021
Unrestricted View Film Festival. London, UK – Nominated - Best Short Script. 2021
Independent Horror Movie Awards. USA - Nominated – Best Short Script. 2021
Indie Horror Film Festival. Dekalb, IL – Semi-finalist. 2021
San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition. San Francisco, CA – Finalist. 2021
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. Hollywood, CA – Quarter-finalist. 2021
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards. Los Angeles, CA - Semi-finalist. 2021
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Atlanta, GA – Semi-finalist. 2021
In a Landscape, Dreaming (2019) Writer/Director/Producer/Editor - Ross Morin
Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image. New York, NY. 2019. Winner - Best Music Video, Nominated – Best Cinematography
Pune Short Film Festival. Pune, India. 2019. Winner - Best Foreign Film
ABQ Indie Film Festival. Albuquerque, NM. 2019. Nominated – Best Experimental Film
Northeast Mountain Film Festival. Dillard, GA. 2019. Nominated – Best Experimental Film
A Peculiar Thud (2016) Writer/Director/Producer
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkomkoma, NY. 2018. Nominee - Best Editing
Sanford International Film Festival. Sanford, ME. 2017. Nominee - Best Horror
Great Lakes International Film Festival. Erie, PA. 2017 Nominee - Best Horror
Coney Island Film Festival. Coney Island, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Horror
Liberty Massacre Horror Short Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2017. Winner - Best Actor
Atlanta Shortsfest. Atlanta, GA. 2017. Nominee - Best Thriller Short
Southeast New England Film Music and Art Fest. Providence, RI. 2017 - Winner - Best Horror Short;
Winner - Audience Award - Best Regional Horror Short
International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 - Honorable Mention
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017. Finalist
Kickstarter - Project We Love
A Wheel out of Kilter (2015). Writer/Director/Actor/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkonkoma, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Feature Film. Nominated - Best Cinematography in a
Feature, Best Editing in a Feature, Best Sound in a Feature, Best Screenplay in a Feature, Best Actor in a Feature, Best
Director in a Feature
Broken Knuckle Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016. Nominated - Freaky Feature Award
Spotlight Horror Film Awards 2016. Winner - Bronze Award
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2016. Nominated - Best Maine Film
Horror Hotel International Film Festival. Hudson, OH. 2016. Winner - 3rd place - Feature
Suspense/Thriller competition.
Mountain Film Festival. Mammoth Lakes, CA. 2016. Winner - Sir Edmund Hillary Award - Feature
Film competition
Santa Monica Indie Fest. Santa Monica, CA. 2015. Winner - Honorable Mention
Princeton Independent Film Festival. Princeton, NJ. 2015. Indie Spirit Award
A Man of God (2015). Editor/Producer (Dir. Matthew Herbertz)
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, Fort Worth, TX. 2016. Award Nominee
Moving Media Film Festival, Detroit, MI. 2016. Winner - 2nd place Best Narrative Short
The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, Des Moines, IA. 2016. Winner - Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Distinguished
Cinematography Award.
Cigar Man (2012). Editor/Producer/Sound Designer (Dir. Evan Clar)
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2015. Best Short Film (nominated)
Ad Noctum (2011). Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Producer
Illinois International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2011. Best Short Horror Film
Creative Arts Film Festival. 2011. Best Short Horror Film (nominated)
Les Moulins (2009). Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2009. Honorable Mention
Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2007. Best Production
Suburban Fantasies (2006). Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2006. Most Creative
Muzzle (2006). Director of Photography (Dir. Jeremy Moss)
Sunstone Symposium Film Contest. Salt Lake City, UT. 2006. Best Short Narrative
Academic
Phi Kappa Phi. Ohio University. 2008.
Phi Beta Kappa. Connecticut College. 2005.
Summa Cum Laude. Connecticut College. 2005.