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Harper Philbin

Harper Philbin

Actor, Director, Writer

Born February 13, 1957 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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This Oak Park, Illinois, native started making films in the 1970s with his parents' Super-8 camera. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in film from the University of Iowa in 1979, he spent three years in Chicago, two in New York City, and six in Los Angeles working as a video editor and camera operator. He continued to write and direct independent films on the side, including _The Law of Nature (1986)_ a documentary about Yosemite National Park rangers that aired nationally on PBS in 1986. He moved back to Chicago in 1990 and began teaching as an adjunct professor at Columbia College before returning to school to earn a master of fine arts degree in film production at Southern Illinois University. Since 1997, he's been an associate professor of film at Grand Valley State University in Michigan where he runs the school's annual Summer Film Project that brings students, faculty and industry professionals together to collaborate on a movie. After making ten award-winning narrative shorts, Philbin produced and directed his first feature-length film, To Live and Die in Dixie (2008), which went on to win two Best Feature awards.

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5 wins and 4 nominations

Filmography

Actor

2

Type

Year

Unemployees Poster

Unemployees Feature Film2023Lumber Boss

Indie Film School Poster

Indie Film School TV Series2011Self

Director

15

Type

Year

No Trip for Biscuits Poster

No Trip for Biscuits Short Film2021

Driftless Poster

Driftless Feature Film2020

Those Who Can Feature Film2018

Lucky Jay Poster

Lucky Jay TV Series2015

Message Sent Poster

Message Sent Video2012

October Surprise Poster

October Surprise Short Film2009

To Live and Die in Dixie Poster

To Live and Die in Dixie Feature Film2008

The Gospel According to Roy Short Film2005

Flickering Blue Poster

Flickering Blue Short Film2004

The Freezer Jesus Short Film2003

The Lucas Files Short Film2002

With You Always Short Film2001

My Life Among the Gopis Short Film1999

Opus 27 Short Film1996

The Law of Nature: Park Rangers in Yosemite Valley Documentary1986

Writer

8

Type

Year

No Trip for Biscuits Poster

No Trip for Biscuits Short Film2021

Driftless Poster

Driftless Feature Film2020

Those Who Can Feature Film2018

Wake Short Film2017

Lucky Jay Poster

Lucky Jay TV Series2015

October Surprise Poster

October Surprise Short Film2009

Opus 27 Short Film1996

The Law of Nature: Park Rangers in Yosemite Valley Documentary1986

Producer

11

Type

Year

Those Who Can Feature Film2018

The Lens Short Film2016

Lucky Jay Poster

Lucky Jay TV Series2015

Shotgun Wedding Poster

Shotgun Wedding Short Film2014

To Live and Die in Dixie Poster

To Live and Die in Dixie Feature Film2008

Captain Emphysema Short Film2006

The Gospel According to Roy Short Film2005

Flickering Blue Poster

Flickering Blue Short Film2004

The Freezer Jesus Short Film2003

Opus 27 Short Film1996

The Law of Nature: Park Rangers in Yosemite Valley Documentary1986

Thanks

2

Type

Year

America's Most Haunted Poster

America's Most Haunted Feature Film2013

A Moment of Grace Poster

A Moment of Grace Short Film2004

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Mississippi, America Documentary1996

Sound Department

1

Mississippi, America Documentary1996

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