Chris Filippone is a documentary filmmaker whose works explore physical labor, peripheral perspectives, and liminal spaces through aesthetically immersive approaches. His films have screened in Berlinale, Visions du Réel, SXSW, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Sheffield Doc/Fest, as well as on The New York Times Op-Docs, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Short of the Week, and Vimeo Staff Picks.
Most recently, his film Huntsville Station was nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Short at the Cinema Eye Honors, Best Short Nominee at the IDA Documentary Awards, and qualified for Academy Awards consideration. He has also received support from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, AmDoc, Mountainfilm, and the Bread and Roses Fund as well as fellowships from the Telluride Student Symposium and UFVA.
Chris is a graduate of Stanford University’s M.F.A. Documentary Film and Video program and has previously taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, Santa Clara University, and The Representation Project’s Youth Media Academy. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa.
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