Michael Gibbons

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

Connections

65 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• indieWIRE Blog Network

Michael Gibbons’s Summary

• Talented writer, producer, and translator with a focus on the independent and world film community.
• Extensive experience with content development for online media, from marketing to publishing, as well as a strong personal interest in new opportunities presented by this industry.
• Broad festival experience, including participation in the Media Panel at Cinequest, It's All True International Documentary Film Festival, coverage of São Paulo International Film Festival, Mix Brasil, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, FIICAV (Feira Internacional da Indústria de Cinema e AudioVisual), IFC Center iQ&A, Veneza Cinema Italiano. Attended Berlinale 2003-2004, with programming experience in the Reeling Chicago Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and LesGaiCineMad (Madrid).
• Focused on the emerging Latin American film scene, from new talents to industry developments.
• Simultaneous interpretation, translation, and subtitling for television and film.
• Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Michael Gibbons’s Specialties:

• Degree in International Relations, in addition to extensive travelling and living in four different continents, provides a unique international perspective with a strong awareness of cultural and political context.
• Extremely comfortable with online and high-tech media, which has played a central role in my career thusfar.
• Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
• Intimately acquainted with festival operations, from production and content programming to business networking.

Michael Gibbons’s Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  B.A., Spanish and International Relations, 2000 — 2004

  • Perfect GPA of 4.0. Member of distinguished interdisciplinary Science and Humanities Scholars Program.
  • Award-winning honors thesis “Grassroots Movements and Cultural Codes: AIDS Activism in the Afro-Brazilian Community," with three weeks of grant-sponsored field research in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Recipient of: Small Undergraduate Research Grant, Andrew Carnegie Scholar Grant, Grant from the Department of Modern Languages, Grant from the Dean of Students, Modern Languages Study Abroad Scholarship.
  • Studied overseas in Madrid, Spain, 2002-2003.
  • Responsible for programming and logistics for the first-year orientation of 1,500 new students in 2002. Coordinated staff of 150 student volunteers.
  • Film reviewer for The Tartan, the university newspaper.
  • Publicist for student-organized film festival of German Contemporary Film.
  • Two Spanish-language publications: “Pablo Picasso: un artista español” (Fall 2001), “Demonios en la familia española” (Spring 2002).

  Activities and Societies:

  Elizabeth Jones Award for Humanities, 2004; María Purificación Aguilar Memorial Award, 2004; Carnegie Mellon Senior Leadership Recognition, 2004; Dean’s List, 2000-2004; Phi Beta Kappa, 2003; Andrew Carnegie Scholar, 2003; Carnegie Mellon Humanities & Social Sciences Senior Honors Program, 2003; Phi Sigma Iota (International Foreign Language Honor Society), 2002; Lambda Sigma, Service Honor Society, 2001

Additional Information

Michael Gibbons’s Websites:

• indieWIRE Blog Network

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