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Michael Jackson Chaney

Film and television, immersive reality professor emeritus

Education

  • M.Div., divinity, Episcopal Divinity School
  • M.F.A., studio art, Tufts University, School of Museum of Fine Arts
  • B.F.A., fine arts, Art Center College of Design

Credentials

  • Professor of Film and Television, 1998–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, SCAD, Summer 2018
  • Oculus/Facebook NextGen Symposium faculty representative invitation, April 2018
  • Oculus NextGen grant for VR development, 2016–17
  • SCAD Dean’s Award for collaboration, The Revolving Fund, Spring 2014
  • SCADemy Award for outstanding contribution to the department of Film and Television, 2014
  • Sr. Angela Creativity in the Visual Arts Prize, Episcopal Divinity School, Spring 2013)
  • Distinguished Service Award, Savannah Film Festival, 2013
  • Alumnus of the Year, Department of Art and Architecture, Mississippi State University, 2009

Organizations

  • University Film and Video Association, member

Publications and presentations

  • SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, GA, programmer and presenter, 1998–2016
  • SCAD aTV Fest, Atlanta, GA, programmer and presenter, 2013–17
  • Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, WA, panelist, The Creativity of Limits: Micro Budgets, Maximized Films, 2017
  • SXSW Film Festival and Conference, Austin, TX
  • Artist Support Mentor, 2015–18
  • Moderator and proposal, Designing a Successful Distance Learning Program, 2012
  • Moderator and panelist, Telling and Selling Your Story, 2011
  • Beijing International Science and Technology Film Festival, Beijing, China, 2016
    Speaker, Everyone Has a Story, Rise of the New Screens
  • All-American High School Film Festival, New York, NY
  • Panelist, “Navigating Careers in Film” (2017)
  • Panelist, “Promoting Social Change Through Film” (2015)
  • University Film and Video Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, presenter (2009)
  • Keynote Faculty Speaker – SCAD 2012 Fall Faculty Conference
  • Lenny Liebmann, “Original Music Takes the (VR) Stage,” EdTech Magazine, Fall 2017.
  • Littlefield, Andrew. Toe Tapping Tech: The World’s First Virtual Reality Musical, www.ceros.com/blog/vr-musical, March 7, 2017
  • Hastreiter, Nick. “Ask the Thoughtleaders: Where Is the Film Industry Headed?,” futureofeverything.io, March 1, 2017
  • Chaney, Michael J. “Story of Your Life,” Movie Maker Magazine, The Complete Guide to Making Movies 2017, Nov. 2016
  • Chaney, Michael. “Attention Filmmakers,” Indiewire, Nov. 4, 2016
  • Chaney, Michael. “From Moshpit to Pulpit,” Seymour Magazine, three-part series on spirituality and the creative process. Sept.–Dec. 2015
  • Smith, Kristen. “CoffeeTalk,” SOUTH Magazine, Oct./Nov. 2013