Averie Storck
Education
- M.F.A., film, Columbia University
- B.A., English, University of Pennsylvania
Credentials
• Chair of dramatic writing, 2015–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Part-time professor of performing arts, 2011–15, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Regular substitute film professor, 2008–09, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
• Graduate teaching assistant, 2004, Columbia University, New York
• Graduate teaching assistant, 2004, Barnard College, New York
• Guest lecturer and director, 2002–03, Gotham City Improv, Comedy Theater and School, New York
• Reading teacher for gifted students, 1998–99, The New York City School Volunteer Program, New York
• English as a second language teacher, 1991, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Chuuk, Micronesia
Awards, recognitions, and honors
• Invited to attend Stony Brook Southampton and Killer Films’ Acting for Directors Workshop with Academy Award-winner Mercedes Ruehl, Southampton Arts Conference, July 2015
• The Sundance Institute, Feature Film Screenwriting Lab, The Buried Life, January 2014
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Lab Fellow; awarded a $15,000 development grant, The Buried Life, January 2014
• Awarded $30,000 Producers Grant from Film Independent and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Buried Life, October 2014
• Runner-up, ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest, Eggs, June 2015
• Top ten finalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, Eggs, February 2015
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Summit, Los Angeles, November 2014
• Sloan Film Summit Screenplay Reading, The Buried Life, November 2014
• Hamptons International Festival Screenplay Reading, The Buried Life, October 2013
• Hamptons International Film Festival Screenwriters’ Lab, The Buried Life, April 2013
• Semi-finalist for PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Blindsight, 2013
• Best Drama, Showers of Happiness, GIAA International Film Festival, 2011
• Best American Film Under 30 Minutes, Nomination, Showers of Happiness, International Film Festival Ireland, 2011
• Honored finalist, Collaboration Award, Showers of Happiness, The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts and Media, 2008
• Best Live Action Short, Live at Five, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival, 2005
• Best Short, Live at Five, Action on Film International Film Festival, 2005
• Faculty selects, Columbia University Film Festival, Eggs, 2004
• New Line Cinema Development Award, Live at Five, 2004
• Finalist, Lifetime Television Development Award, Blindsight, 2006
• Screenwriting fellow, Columbia University Film Division, 2002–04
Organizations
• New York Women in Film and Television
• Writers Guild of America East
Publications and presentations
- Best Drama, GIAA International Film Festival
- Best American Film Under 30 Minutes, International Film Festival Ireland
- Best Live Action Short, Reno Tahoe International Film Festival
- Best Short, Action on Film International Film Festival
- Audience Award for Best Short Film, Sunscreen Film and Video Festival