Michelle Tamara Cutler

Tel: 917.385.9571
michelle@michellecutler.com

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2005

Festival Screenings: Whoosh
Festival Screenings: Low Roller

2004

IFP: Project Involve Honoree.

Writer, Director: Low Roller
Original short film about love, gambling, and fate in the back alleys of Baltimore.

2003

Writer, Director: Whoosh
Original short film about a stepdaughter, stepfather, and the perils of a girls' lacrosse game.

Director: Just a Second
Original Play by Fiona Jones performed at Manhattan Theatre Source.

Director: Fat Kid in a Freezer
Original Play by Ashlin Halfnight performed at American Theatre for Actors.

2002

Director: Plate Cleaners
Original Play by Liz Anderson performed at Manhattan Theatre Source.

Writer: Girls' High
Feature script about two best friends growing apart in an all-girls public high school

Director: No Washing Machine (3 min. DV)
Original comedic monologue by a young mother

2001-02

Writer, Director: Funeral (13 min. color S16mm)
Original script about last minute Funeral arrangements. Cast actors, production designer, and DP.
Nominated for Wetzel Award/Independent Short Comedy, Gene Siskel Foundation, 2003

2001

Writer, Director: Plan B (5 min. DV)
Original scene adapted from a longer script about a man and a woman finding solace in a bathroom

1997-2000

Director: Short Films
Original silent films (Hunter College and NYU Graduate Film)

Director: Short films
Original concept silent films Süsse Teile premier at Hamburg International Film Festival

1993-96

Director/Performer: Flying Cats and Bon Bons (Berlin)
Co-organized international film, art, and music festivals.

Director/Performer: Kunsthaus Dunckerland (Berlin)
Directed and performed in bi-monthly cabaret show Organized international art and music festivals

1991-93

Performer: Maryland Art Place, various Baltimore venues

Co-writer and performer: Two Lovelies

Co-creator and musician: Runway Model

EDUCATION:

1999-03

NYU/Tisch: MFA Film, Departmental, Manley, and Golden Scholarships

1997-99

Hunter College/CUNY: BA Fine Art/Film, German, Summa Cum Laude

1990-93

Maryland Institute College of Art: Photography, Painting, Video