| Website | thomascomerford.net | | Influences | Photographers-Eugene Atget, Ansel Adams; Filmmakers-James Benning, Deborah Stratman, Chris Marker, Agnes Varda, Abby Child, Robert Nelson, Leighton Pierce; Writers-W.G. Sebald, George Saunders, Jonathan Crary, Hal Foster, Donald Barthelme. General-Robert Smithson, Fugazi, Bill Brown, Joseph Cornell, William Blake, Punk Rock and Rock 'n' Roll. | | Awards | Chicago Underground Film Festival - "Made in Chicago," 2005; FLEX - "3rd Prize, Film," 2004; New York Underground Film Festival - "Jury Prize," 2004; Ann Arbor Film Festival - "Honorable Mention," 2003; Thaw 98 - "Honorable Mention," 1998. | | Festivals | Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; University College London; TV TV, Copenhagen; Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee; University of Illinois, Chicago; Free Speech TV; Hampshire College; Milwaukee Underground Film Festival; The New School; Director’s Lounge, Berlin; Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Starkville; Hallwalls, Buffalo; FLEX, Gainesville; Eye and Ear Clinic, Chicago; Indie Memphis; 25 fps Festival, Zagreb;University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Echo Park Film Center; Anti-Matter Underground Film Festival, Victoria; California Institute of the Arts; Chicago Underground Film Festival; Chicago Filmmakers; Northwest Film Forum; Olympia Film Society; 40 Frames, Portland; San Francisco Cinematheque; Coastside Film Society, Half Moon Bay; Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; Filmforum, LA; Basement Films, Albuquerque; Aurora Picture Show, Houston; Mini-Cine, Shreveport; Memphis Digital Arts Coop; Detroit Film Center; University of Chicago; Gene Siskel Film Center; New York Underground Film Festival; Starz Film Center, Denver; Cable Car Cinema, Providence; Filmmuseum, Amsterdam; AS220, Providence; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne; Portland International Film Festival; Cinematexas, Austin; Wimbledon College of Art, London; London Film Festival; Texas Ballroom, Chicago; The International Experimental Film Exposition, Colorado Springs; Aegina Academy, Greece; Dresden Small Film Festival; Kino Arsenal, Berlin; Ann Arbor Film Festival; Images Festival, Toronto; Thaw, Iowa City; Ocularis, Brooklyn; many more. | | Professional Affiliations | Amateurs rule. |
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