Shereen Abdul-Baki

Bio/Cv

Shereen Abdul-Baki is an American experimental filmmaker and food enthusiast whose work centers on the integration of media and narrative cinema. Her animated short, Elegy (2008), was nominated for the Best Experimental Animation Award at the California International Animation Festival in 2008, and won the Grabay Meas (Golden Buffalo) Award for ‘Animation Only’ at the CamboFest Film and Video Festival in Cambodia, 2008.The Kitchen Conqueror (2003) won the Festival Director’s Choice Award at the DC Shorts Film Festival in 2004 and is featured in DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish by Ian David Aronson, published by O’Reilly in 2005. Shereen lives and works in the Netherlands.

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Education

MFA Media Design 2003
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA USA

BFA Graphic Design 1996
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA USA

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Film
DESIGNER/DIRECTOR

Snack Break (NL/2008/03′07)
Snack Break was produced for:
De Volkskrant Oog US election series.

ZelfPortret (NL/Experimental Documentary)
In Production
Funding: Thuiskopie Fonds
Producer: Armadillo Films, Amsterdam

Nourish (USA/2008/Experimental/12’22)

Elegy (USA-NL/2008/Experimental Animation/03′07)
WINNER: Grabay Meas (Golden Buffalo), Animation Only
CamboFest Film and Video Festival, Cambodia, 2008

Nominated: Best Experimental Animation Award
California International Animation Festival,2008

Screenings:
NewFilmmakers Animation Program, NYC, 2009
Rincon International Film Festival Puerto Rico, 2009
International Panorama of Independent Fimmakers Film Fest, Greece, 2009
California International Animation Festival, USA, 2008
CamboFest Film and Video Festival, Cambodia, 2008
Blue November Micro Film Festival, Seattle WA USA, 2008
European Film Festival, Various locations, 2008
Streaming Festival Online, The Hague NL, 2008
Eugene International Film Festival, Eugene Oregon, USA 2008
Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia, Valdivia Chile, 2008

Looking for Me (USA-NL/2005/Experimental/03’03)
Screenings: DC Shorts, Washington DC, 2005

The Kitchen Conqueror (USA/2003/Experimental/08’09)
Festival Director’s Choice Award: DC Shorts, Washington DC, 2004

Screenings:Onedotzero, The Hague, 2007
Streaming Festival, The Hague, 2006
De Hoeksteen, Amsterdam TV 2, 2005
Jordanian Embassy, Washington DC, 2005
Arabian Sights Film Festival, Washington DC, 2005
Reel Venus Film Festival, NYC, 2005
Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona,
(Annual WIthout Frontiers Program), 2005
International Shorts, California State University Chico, 2005
DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC, 2004
Art-o-matic Festival of the Arts, Washington DC, 2004
Royal Film Commission, Amman Jordan, 2004
Kay Won School of Design, Seoul Korea, 2004
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena Ca, 2003

Tarts (USA, 2002/Animation/03’27)
Screenings: Jordanian Embassy, Washington DC, 2005
Royal Film Commission, Amman Jordan, 2004

Windchimes (USA/2003/Super8/01’12)
Screenings: Jordanian Embassy, Washington DC, 2005
Royal Film Commission, Amman Jordan, 2004

Bonbon (USA/2002/Super8/03’39)
Screenings: Jordanian Embassy, Washington DC, 2005
Royal Film Commission, Amman Jordan, 2004

Shoosh-o-rama (USA/2002/Animation/04’57)
Screenings: Jordanian Embassy, Washington DC, 2005
Royal Film Commission, Amman Jordan, 2004

EDITOR
The Bead Seller (UK/2006/Documentary)
8 minute, 10 minute promotions
Director: Hanna Ben Moshe
Producer: Shoreditch Productions

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Design

Sr Visual Designer, Sapient Corporation 2000-2001
Team based projects for clients such as Digeo, Harcourt and Nextel. Projects included portal sites, sales pursuits and e-commerce initiatives.

Sr Web Designer, BCS Technologies 1998-2000
Concepting, design and implementation of projects as well as mentoring junior members of the creative team. Projects included corporate web sites to e-commerce initiatives.

Designer, America Online 1997-1998
Editorial Design Group: Content developers, picture editors, designers and programmers worked in teams to design for content in a quick daily changing environment.

Designer/Picture Editor, Washingtonpost.com 1996-1997
Reporter, ANA Television 1996-1997

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Awards/Publications/Lectures
Grabay Meas (Golden Buffalo) Award, ‘Animation Only’ category, Elegy
CamboFest Film and Video Festival, Cambodia, 2008

Nominated: Best Experimental Animation Award, Elegy
California International Animation Festival, 2008

Festival Director’s Choice Award: The Kitchen Conqueror
DC Shorts Film Festival, September 2004

The Kitchen Conqueror is featured in:
DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish
by Ian David Aronson, published by O’Reilly, 2005

Buckle Up, Habibi: A Recipe in Eight Parts
[Fiction] Fishwrap Magazine, September 2004

The Kitchen Conqueror, Culture & Design Cinema
[Lecture] The Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Washington DC, October 2005

The Kitchen Conqueror & Experimental Shorts
[Lecture] The Royal Film Commission
Amman Jordan, June 2004

Cultural Agenda, Jordan Radio
[Interview] The Kitchen Conqueror and Design Cinema
Amman Jordan, June 2004

Al Ra’i, Al Dustur Arabic Newspers
Articles published in Amman’s two major Arabic newspapers about The Kitchen Conqueror, June 2004

Design Cinema & The Kitchen Conqueror
[Screening/Lecture] Kaywon School of Art and Design
Seoul Korea, April 2004

Design Cinema & The Kitchen Conqueror
[Screening/Lecture] Art Center College of Design
Pasadena CA, December 2003

Talking about Design Cinema
[Article] PixelConscious.com, March 2003

Digital Utopia? Digital Dystopia: Rendering the Artistic Object
[Panel Lecturer] Media Design: Process & Product
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles CA, February, 2002

Mabel Wilson Richards Scholarship
[Award] Pasadena, Ca 2002

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Teaching
Relish Workshop
The International School of The Hague, The Hague NL, Sept 2008
A two day film making workshop with students in their final year.

Academy of Art University (San Francisco CA) E-Learning Program, 2006-Present
Instructor 2009: History of Graphic Design
Instructor 2006-2007: Masters Digital Design Studio
Instructor 2006-2007: Masters Typography 1 Studio

Design Cinema and Narrative Shorts
[Workshop] The Royal Film Commission
Amman Jordan, June 2004

Rogers Middle School for the Creative Arts, Pittsburgh Pa, 1995
Teaching assistant (weekly)/7th and 8th grade/design fundamentals.

The Haycock School, Falls Church Va, 1989
Teaching assistant (weekly)/5th grade/art, creative writing

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Software
Proficient on Mac and PC platforms

Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver
Apple Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Corel Painter

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Languages

Primary Language: English
Knowledge of: Dutch (beginning), Spanish, French, Arabic

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Member

Stroom Den Haag
Haagse Vrouwen in de Kunst
The Hague Writer’s Circle