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ROBERT MACHOIAN

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1721 Monarch Lane Davis ,Ca 95618
530 231 5254

EDUCATION

  • 2008-2010 Masters of Fine Arts, University of California, Davis
  • 2005-2007 Bachelors Degree, California State Monterey Bay
  • 2003-2005 Associates Degree, American River College

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • 2010-Current LECTURER CALIFORNIA STATE SACRAMENTO
    Beginning Electronic Arts, Beginning Video
  • 2012 LECTURER UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
    Beginning Video
  • 2010 LECTURER CALIFORNIA STATE, MONTEREY BAY
    The Art of Composition
  • 2008-2010 ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR UC DAVIS ART DEPARTMENT
    Beginning Video, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Photography
  • 2008-2010 TEACHERS ASSISTANT UC DAVIS ART DEPARTMENT
    Beginning Photography, Advance Photography, Advance Video,
    Beginning Video, Beginning Animation, Intermediate Animation

SCREENING AND EXHIBITIONS

SCREENINGS

2014

  • BY THE SEA
    • Lille Rock Film Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • THE TIME YOU DIED
    • Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles California
  • THE DIGGERES – SHORT
    • Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas, Texas
  • FORTY YERS FROM YESTERDAY – FEATURE
    • Northside Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York
    • Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota Florida>
    • SF INDIE Film Festival, San Fransisco, California

2013

  • FORTY YEARS FROM YESTERDAY – FEATURE
    • Indie Memphis, Memphis, Tennesee
    • Starz Denver Film Festival, Denver, Colorado
    • Dallas VideoFest, Dallas, Texas
    • Carmel Art and Film Festival, Carmel, California
    • New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Vancouver Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
    • Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma, Washington
    • Lacarno Film Festival, Lacarno, Switzerland
    • The Creature of London, Shorditch, United Kingdom
    • Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
  • MOVIES MADE FROM HOME 15 – SHORT
    • AFI Film Festival Los Angeles, California
    • Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma, Washington
    • Rooftop Film Festival, New York, New York
    • Little Rock Film Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas
    • Athens Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
    • Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas, Texas
    • Sundance Film Festival, Park Cit, Utah

2012

  • New Filmmakers Film Festival, New York, New York
  • Carmel Art and Film Festival, Carmel, California
  • Cucalorus Film Festival Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma Washington
  • San Fransisco Film Society, San Francisco, California
  • Maryland International Film Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
  • EPFC/Filmmakers Alliance, Echo Park, California
  • Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, North Dakota
  • Guest Lecture, Sanfransisco Art Institute, San Fransisco, California
  • Sol Treasure Art Gallery, King City, California
  • Los Angeles Independent Theater, Los Angeles, California

2011

  • Visionfest, New York, New York
  • Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Denver Film Festival, Denver, Colorado
  • Austin Film Festival, Austin, Texas
  • SOMARTS-Frontrunners, San Francisco, California
  • EPFC/Filmmakers Alliance, Echo Park, California
  • Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma, Washington
  • Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
  • Athens Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
  • Echo Park Film Center, Echo Park, California
  • Worth Ryder Berkeley, California
  • Fort Meyers Film Festival, Fort Myers, Florida
  • Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas, Texas
  • Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, Florida
  • DC Independent Film Festival, Washington, DC
  • Dam Short Film Festival, Boulder, Nevada
  • Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
  • New Jersey Film Festival, New Jersey, New Jersey

2010

  • Sottodicioto Film Festival Trino, Italy
  • Austin Film Festival, Austin, Texas
  • Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Carmel Art & Film Festival, Carmel, California
  • Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, South Carolina
  • International Short Film Festival SHNT, Switzerland
  • ALT.Pictureshow, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
  • Raindance Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
  • 25 New Independent Filmmakers, Tacoma, Washington
  • 1 Reel Film Festival, Seattle, Washington
  • Hollyshort Film Festival, Hollywood, California
  • San Paulo Film Festival, Brazil
  • Festival Mas Sorrer, Barcelona, Spain
  • Pacific Film Archive Film Festival, Berkeley, California
  • Indianapolis Film Festival, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Ischia Film Festival, Italy
  • Davis Student Film Festival, Davis, California
  • New Media Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
  • VisionFest Film Festival, New York, New York
  • Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
  • 5 Second Film Festival, Claremont, California
  • Athens Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
  • Santa Cruz International Film Festival, Santa Cruz, California
  • Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, Florida
  • NLFF Baltic Center For Contemporary Art, Gatesheads United Kingdom
  • Ricon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico
  • Monterey Film Festival, Monterey, California
  • Arizona Film Festival, Tucson, Arizona
  • Gen Art Film Festival, New York, New York
  • Edgemar Film Festival, Santa Monica, California
  • Sacramento Film Festival, Sacramento, California
  • Tallahassee Film Festival, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Nashville International Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Mauvais Genre International Film Festival Tours, France
  • Dallas Film Festival, Dallas, Texas
  • Florida Film Festival, Maitland, Florida
  • San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, San Luis Obispo, California
  • Omaha Film Festival, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Pixar Studios Emeryville California
  • Montrial World Short Film Festival, Montreal Canada
  • Opera Plaza Cinema’s San Francisco, California
  • San Joaquin International Film Festival, San Joaquin, California
  • Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah

2009

  • New Experimental Works, Other Cinema, San Francisco, Ca
  • Film Independent, Hollywood, Ca
  • Holly Shorts Film Festival, Hollywood
  • VisionFest Film Festival, New York
  • Athens International Film and Video Festival
  • AFI DALLAS International Film Festival
  • Omaha International Film Festival

2008

  • California State University Media Arts Festival
  • Austin International Film Festival
  • The Times BFI London International Film Festival
  • Mill Valley International Film Festival

2007

  • Loeffler Festival of New Music
  • CSU Monterey Bay Film Festival

Solo Screening

2008

  • CSU Monterey Bay

ARTIST TALKS

  • 2013   San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
  • 2012   University of California, Berkeley, California
  • 2012   San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2012   Sol Treasure Art Gallery, King City, California
  • 2009   Sol Treasure Art Gallery, King City, California
  • 2009   Pence Art Gallery, Davis Ca

Publications and Awards

Awards

  • 2011    Special Jury Prize, Holly Shorts Film Festival, Loss Angeles, California
  • 2011    Honorable Mention, New Jersey Film Festival, New Jersey
  • 2010    Best Short Film 5 Second Film Festival, Claremont, Ca
  • 2010    Best Short Film Festival Mas Sorrer, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2010    Friends of the Nelson Grant, Davis California
  • 2010     Award in Excellence in Filmmaking, Canada Film Festival
  • 2009    Mary Osborn Award, University California, Davis
  • 2008    Best Film Over All. California State Media Arts Festival
  • 2008    Best Experimental, California State Media Arts Festival
  • 2007    Fellowship Grant, University California, Davis

Webseries

  • 2010 American Nobodies www.americannobodies.com
  • 2010 Twelve in one www.12in1.433pictures.com

Websites

  • robertmachoian www.robertmachoian.com
  • Charlie and the Rabbit  www.charlieandtherabbit.com
  • Ella and the Astronaut  www.ellaandtheastronaut.com

FILMOGRAPHY

  • 2014    THE TIME YOU DIED
  • 2014    LOS CALVADORES (THE DIGGERS)
  • 2013    FORTY YEARS FROM YESTERDAY-FEATURE
  • 2013    MOVIES MADE FROM HOME SERIES 1-16
  • 2011    ABIGALE
  • 2011    American Nobodies Season Three
  • 2011    WAITING ROOM
  • 2010    SYMPHONY No.2 The King and I
  • 2010    Dance of Days
  • 2010    Charlie and the Rabbit
  • 2010    The Kite
  • 2010    The Lift
  • 2010    American Nobodies Season Two
  • 2009    SYMPHONY No.1 in four parts
  • 2009    Seven Year War
  • 2009    Homecoming Queen
  • 2009    Symphony of Bullshit
  • 2009    American Nobodies Season One
  • 2008    Ella and the Astronaut
  • 2008    My Fellow American
  • 2008    ALEX
  • 2008    Reappropraition One
  • 2008    Reappropriation Two
  • 2008    River Road
  • 2008    He Loved My Heart
  • 2008    God and Gravity
  • 2008    The Wall
  • 2008    Woman
  • 2007    The Retirement of Malcolm Price
  • 2007    a Game
  • 2007    Appetite
  • 2006    Girl By The Seashore