Ross Morin
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Awards and Recognitions​

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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
In a Landscape, Dreaming (2019) Writer/Director/Producer/Editor
​     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 - Ross Morin.
       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
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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
          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.
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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.
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  • Films
    • Films Overview
    • In a Landscape, Dreaming
    • A Peculiar Thud
  • Artist statement
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  • Awards
  • Complete Filmography
  • "The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies"