Awards and Recognitions
Films
A Peculiar Thud (2016 - in progress) Writer/Director/Producer - Ross Morin.
Southeast New England Film Music and Art Festival. Providence, RI. 2017 - Jury Prize - Best Horror Short, Audience Award -
Best Regional Horror Short
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017.Finalist
International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 - Honorable Mention
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
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
Teaching
Helen Mulvey Faculty Award for challenging students intellectually. Connecticut College. 2015. Nominee.
Graduate Associate Outstanding Teacher Award. Ohio University. 2006. Winner.
Academic
Phi Kappa Phi. Ohio University. 2008.
Phi Beta Kappa. Connecticut College. 2005.
Summa Cum Laude. Connecticut College. 2005.
A Peculiar Thud (2016 - in progress) Writer/Director/Producer - Ross Morin.
Southeast New England Film Music and Art Festival. Providence, RI. 2017 - Jury Prize - Best Horror Short, Audience Award -
Best Regional Horror Short
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017.Finalist
International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 - Honorable Mention
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
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
Teaching
Helen Mulvey Faculty Award for challenging students intellectually. Connecticut College. 2015. Nominee.
Graduate Associate Outstanding Teacher Award. Ohio University. 2006. Winner.
Academic
Phi Kappa Phi. Ohio University. 2008.
Phi Beta Kappa. Connecticut College. 2005.
Summa Cum Laude. Connecticut College. 2005.
