Savanna Thunder.
Education
Experience
Columbia College Chicago: August 2018 - Present
Filmmaking, BA and minor in Photography
Perpich Center for Arts Education: August 2016 - June 2018
Media Arts
(Narrative Cinema, Documentary, Animation, Motion Graphics, Photography, Graphic Design, Portfolio and Professional Practice, Alternative Photography, Printmaking)
Indigenous with Stacey Thunder: Camera, Editor
Video series - ongoing since 2014 – screened at the Walker Art Center
BENT: Camera, Editor
Promotional project - 2018
You’re On - Director
College project - November to December 2018
She’s Gonna Leave Me - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
High school project - 2018 – screened at the Walker Art Center
To the Years He Took from Me - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
High school project - 2018
Shatter - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
High school project - 2017
I Hope You Know - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Pre-college project – 2017 – Screened at SAIC Chicago, EDU Film Festival
Excerpts - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
High school project – 2017
PSA: Cultural Appropriation - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
High school project - 2017
Standing Rock: An Insider’s Perspective – Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
2016 – screened at the Walker Art Center, EDU Film Festival
Skills
Analog and digital capture, black-and-white film, color film, cyanotype print, Van Dyke print, Adobe Premiere, InDesign, After Effects, Photoshop, iMovie.
Awards and
Nominations
2018 TCYMN Film Showcase: "She’s Gonna Leave Me"
Best Overall
2018 TCYMN Film Showcase: "She’s Gonna Leave Me"
Best Narrative
2018 Upper Midwest EMMY® Chapter: "PSA: Cultural Appropriation"
Student Crystal Pillar Award PSA Nomination
2018 Upper Midwest EMMY® Chapter: "She’s Gonna Leave Me"
Student Crystal Pillar Award Fiction Nomination
2018 EDU Film Festival: "I Hope You Know"
Best Cinematography
2018 EDU Film Festival: "I Hope You Know"
Best Experimental Nomination
2018 EDU Film Festival: "PSA: Cultural Appropriation"
Twin Cities Black Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker of Color Nomination
2018 EDU Film Festival: "I Hope You Know" and "PSA: Cultural Appropriation"
Minnesota Women in Film and Television – Emerging Filmmaker Nominations
2018 Minnesota Scholastic: Photography Portfolio
Silver Key Award
2018 Minnesota Scholastic
Honorable Mention Awards (three)
2017 EDU Film Festival: "Standing Rock: An Insider’s Perspective"
Minnesota Women in Film and Television Emerging Filmmaker Award
2017 EDU Film Festival: "Standing Rock: An Insider’s Perspective"
Best Documentary Nomination
2017 EDU Film Festival: "Standing Rock: An Insider’s Perspective"
Twin Cities Black Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker of Color Nomination
Contact
Email - savannathunder@gmail.com