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Carl Thelin

Film and television professor

Education

  • M.F.A., drama & theatre, University of Hawai'i
  • B.A., political science, Grinnell College

Credentials

Academic experience

  • Professor of film and television, Fall 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Assistant professor of communication arts, Spring 2022–Summer 2023, Wenzao Ursuline University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Instructor in video and film, 2021, Arts in the Community program of the Kaohsiung City Cultural Affairs Bureau, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Guest lecturer in film, 2007–08, New York University, Shanghai Campus
  • Guest lecturer – Asian performance workshop, 1999–2000, San Francisco School of the Arts, San Francisco
  • Lecturer in theatre, 1995–98, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
  • Instructor in English and theatre, 1991–95, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • Adjunct instructor of acting, 1994–95, National Chung Hsing University College of Law and Business, Taipei, Taiwan

Professional experience

  • Director of photography, The Land's Music, 2016
  • In-house producer and head of international production, Common Communication, Shanghai, 2008–12
  • First assistant director, Lord of Shanghai, 2016
  • Endemol Producer, Heart-Stopping Argentina, 2012
  • Role as chief of police, Richard Denis, recurring character, Tianjin 1941, 2016
  • Role as Doctor Renault, Lord of Shanghai, 2016
  • Role as General Hans Von Seeckt, recurring character, Eastern Battlefield, 2015
  • Role as Braxton Craven, recurring character, Charlie Soong, 2014

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Screenwriting awards, 1997–2003

  • Finalist, The Edward Albee Last Frontier Theatre Conference
  • Snakecharmer, best new play award, Asian-American Theatre Company
  • The Kabuki Mikado, Po'okela award for best adapted play

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Art Party Vision: The People's Public Space as Social Acupuncture," 2001
  • "That's Shanghai," 2006–09
    • Film reviews and film related feature articles for the magazine

Directing experience, narrative film and music video

  • "Big City, Little Stories," 2008
  • "Edible Clouds," 2019
  • "Zombie Love," 2015
  • "Cyborg Serendipity," 2014

Corporate video and TV commercial director

  • "Connection," 2016
  • "Asian Prospects, 2013," 2014
  • "What Else I Love to Do," 2014
  • Global New Logo Unveiling Films, Unilever, 2011
    • Commissioned to produce and direct two films to be used worldwide by Unilever to introduce their new logo.
  • "Looking Forward," 2010
    • Global image film for Suntech

Screenwriting

  • Official Secrets, 1997–2003