Leslie Thornton

Professor of Modern Culture & Media Studies:
Modern Culture and Media
Phone: +1 401 863 2553
Leslie_Thornton@Brown.EDU

Leslie Thornton is an artist working in film, video and new genres.

Interests

Leslie Thornton produces films, videos, installations and artworks whose most salient feature is the continual re-questioning of cultural artifacts and hidden or invisible histories. Three of her main areas of interest include the influence of technological progress on our day to day lives, the organizing structure of narrative, and the a-verbal construction of an argument or position through the use of image, sound and time.

Awards

2009
—Humanities Research Fund, Brown University

2008
—Anonymous Was A Woman Grant
—Pacific Film Archive, Archival Restoration Project

2007
—Artist's Fellowship, Hartvestworks, New York City

2005
—Second Place: Let Me Count the Ways Minus 10, 9, 8, 7...
Onion City Film Festival
—Technical Assistance Award, NVR, Rockefeller Foundation
—Humanities Research Fund, Brown University

2004
—Salomon Award, Brown University Research Grant
—Humanities Research Fund, Brown University
—Senses of Cinema, 50 Best Films of 2004 (Peggy and Fred in Hell: Beginning, Middle and End)

2002
—Salomon Award, Brown University Research Grant
—Senses of Cinema, 50 Best Films of 2004 (Peggy and Fred in Hell: End in New World)

2000
—The Best Films of 1999: Steven Holden's List, The New York Times
[for Another Worldy]

1999
—New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Film/Video Fellowship

1998
—Hugo Boss Award Nomination, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
—Salomon Award, Brown University Research Grant

1997
—Bellagio Study and Conference Center, The Rockefeller Foundation Residency, research for Haunted Swing: The Life and Work of Julia Margaret Cameron

1996
—The Maya Deren Award for Independent Film and Video Artists

1995
—Media Arts Grant, National Endowment For the Arts
—The Alpert Awards in the Arts (first Media Arts Recipient)
—Judges' Special Merit Award, New England Film and Video Festival,
(for The Last Time I Saw Ron)
—First Prize: Best of Show/Video Category, 1995 Three Rivers Arts Festival/Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
(for The Last Time I Saw Ron)

1993
—New York State Council on the Arts, Grant (for The Great Invisible)
—Art Matters, Inc., Grant (for The Great Invisible)

1992
—National Endowment For the Arts, International Travel Grant
(for The Great Invisible)
—The Jerome Foundation, Grant (for The Great Invisible)

1990
—Fellowship: The Rockefeller Foundation

1989
—Citation: "Ten Best Films of the Year: 1989," The Village Voice
(for Peggy and Fred in Hell Series)
—Citation: "Ten Best Films of the Year: 1989," Cahiers du Cinema
(for Peggy and Fred in Hell Series)
—New York State Council on the Arts Grant

1988
—Fellowship: The Rockefeller Foundation
—Art Matters, Inc., Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell)
—The Jerome Foundation, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell)
—Fellowship: New York Foundation for the Arts

1987
—Art Matters, Inc., Grant (for There Was An Unseen Cloud Moving)

1985
—The Jerome Foundation, Grant (for We Talk Sahara, We Talk Mars)
—New York State Council on the Arts, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell)
—National Endowment For the Arts/Interarts, Grant
(for Ex(centric) Lady Travelers, 1001 Eyes)
—National Endowment For the Arts/Regional/BF/VF, Grant
(for Peggy and Fred in Hell)
—Rhode Island Council on the Arts, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell)

1984
—Athens International Film Festival, Special Merit Award, (for Adynata)

1981
—Athens International Film Festival, Special Merit Award,
(for Jennifer, Where Are You ?)

1980
—San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival, Honorable Mention,
( for X-TRACTS)

1976
—Iowa Film Festival, Honorable Mention, (for X-TRACTS)

Teaching

Film, video and new media production

Funded Research

Salomon Award, Brown University Research Grant, 2004

Humanities Research Fund, Brown University, 2004

Salomon Award, Brown University Research Grant, 2002

Salomon Award, Brown University Research Grant, 1998

Media Arts Grant, National Endowment For the Arts, 1995

New York State Council on the Arts, Grant (for The Great Invisible), 1993

Art Matters, Inc., Grant (for The Great Invisible), 1993

National Endowment For the Arts, International Travel Grant (for The Great Invisible), 1992

The Jerome Foundation, Grant (for The Great Invisible), 1992

New York State Council on the Arts Grant, 1989

Art Matters, Inc., Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell), 1988

The Jerome Foundation, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell), 1988

Art Matters, Inc., Grant (for There Was An Unseen Cloud Moving), 1987

The Jerome Foundation, Grant (for We Talk Sahara, We Talk Mars), 1985

New York State Council on the Arts, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell), 1985

National Endowment For the Arts/Interarts, Grant (for Ex(centric) Lady Travelers, 1001 Eyes), 1985

National Endowment For the Arts/Regional/BF/VF, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell), 1985

Rhode Island Council on the Arts, Grant (for Peggy and Fred in Hell), 1985

The Hartford Insurance Co., Aetna, Connecticut Mutual and Peacetrain Foundation: grants for production of Fiddlers in May, 1977

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Curriculum Vitae

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