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Garland Mclaurin

Film and television professor

Education

  • M.F.A., film and television, New York University
  • B.A., radio-TV-film, Howard University

Credentials

Academic experience

  • Professor of film and television, Fall 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct assistant professor of film, 2021–22, City College of New York Film and Video Production, New York, NY
  • Lecturer on production and cinematography 2019–21, University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Athens, GA
  • Adjunct professor of radio, TV, film, 2018, Howard University School of Communications, Washington, DC
  • Adjunct professor of TV, film, 2018, Kutztown University School of TV and Film, Kutztown, PA
  • Lecturer on radio, TV, film, 2005, Howard University School of Communications, Washington, DC
  • Visiting lecturer, 2006, Newton School of Film, Johannesburg, South Africa

Professional experience

  • Cinematographer, 2022–23, Muro: The Wall, Film Independent Project Involve
  • Cinematographer, 2002, Black Butterfly, independent narrative short
  • Cinematographer, 2022, I'm Fine, independent narrative short
  • Freelance field videographer, 2009–present, PBS News Hour, Washington, DC
  • Cinematographer, 2021, American Triptych, independent narrative short
  • Cinematographer, 2021, Alabama Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism, branded content
  • Co-producer/cinematographer, 2020, The Black American Fight for Freedom
  • Co-producer/editor, 2020, International Center for Photography, Nadime Ijewer ICP Infinity awards short video
  • Cinematographer, 2019, Ungubani (Who Art You?), independent narrative short
  • Sales director, 2018–19, Family Pictures USA, Chimpanzee Productions/PBS/ITVS
  • Sales director and creator, 2015–17, POPS, ITVS digital/PBS Digital Studios
  • Co-producer and director, 2014–15, 180 days Hartsville, PBS
  • Co-producer and director, 2013–14, 180 Days: A Year Inside an American School, PBS
  • Co-cinematographer, 2013–14, Coming Back: Wes Moore, PBS
  • Co-cinematographer, 2013–14, The New Black, PBS

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Grants

  • Princess Grace Award Professional Development Grant, 2019
  • DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, Small Projects Grant, 2005
  • DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, Artists Grant, 2000
  • Princes Grace Award, Artists Grant, 1999

Awards

  • Sundance Film Festival, Additional Cinematography, Tell Them We Are Rising, 2017
  • AFI Silver Docs Audience Award, Co-cinematography, The New Block 2014
  • Peabody Award, Co-director, 180 Days A Year: Inside an American High School, 2013
  • Gracie Award, Co-director, 180 Days A Year: Inside an American High School, 2013
  • Hip-Hop Odyssey International Film Festival, Driving While Black, 2006
  • Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Driving While Black, 2004
  • Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Driving While Black, 2003
  • Fire Island Golden Wagon Film Festival, Driving While Black, 2003
  • Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Driving While Black, 2004

Organizations

  • Local 600 "Midwest" Camera Operator, 2022

Publications and presentations

Leadership and activities

  • Black Public Media 360+ Incubator Projects Reader, 2022
  • Emmy Judge News and Documentary Projects, 2021
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards Non-Scripted Series Judge, 2021
  • Morton Theater Defiance Project Judge, 2021
  • Emmy Judge News and Documentary Projects, 2020
  • Grant reader and panelist "Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund," 2019
  • Emmy Judge News and Documentary Projects, 2017–19
  • WHYY Student Film Festival Judge, 2016–17
  • INPUT Global Public Television Judge (US Division), 2015–21
  • IDA Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund Judge, 2016

Panels

  • "Speaking on Pops, Fatherhood, and Diversity," presented at NYU Arts Diversity Festival, 2018.
  • "How documentaries can rise in the web series world," SXSW Panel, 2018.
  • Third World Newsreel CUNY Film Series, 2018
  • "Evening Seminars with the Documentary Forum at City College," presented at The Avondale Towne Cinema Short Docs Festival, "Adoption Series," 2018
  • Bronx Documentary Center, 2018.
  • "Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood," presented at Duke Center for Documentary Studies, 2015.
  • "180 Days A Year Inside an American High School Screening and Audience Q&A," WJCT, 2013.

Press for past projects

  • Exclusive: Firelight Media names Spark Fund recipients, March 17, 2022
  • Project Involve is Back! Meet the 30 New Fellows Joining Us, Feb. 2, 2022
  • UGA Grady Newsletter, EMST professors create and collaborate outside the classroom, Oct. 14, 2020
  • Shadow and Act, the 11-part PBS documentary web series POPS: Fatherhood, the Untold Story focuses on black fathers, Nov. 10, 2017

Leadership and activities

  • Black Public Media 360+ Incubator Projects Reader, 2022
  • Emmy Judge News and Documentary Projects, 2021
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards Non-Scripted Series Judge, 2021
  • Morton Theater Defiance Project Judge, 2021
  • Emmy Judge News and Documentary Projects, 2020
  • Grant reader and panelist "Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund," 2019
  • Emmy Judge News and Documentary Projects, 2017–19
  • WHYY Student Film Festival Judge, 2016–17
  • INPUT Global Public Television Judge (US Division), 2015–21
  • IDA Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund Judge, 2016