EDUCATION:
AD, Film and Television Production, Humber College, Toronto, ON
BA, English Literature, Trent University, Peterborough, ON
MFA, Creative Writing, University of New Orleans
BIO:
Melissa Remark is an assistant professor of Film Studies, English, and Creative Writing, and serves as an active faculty advisor for the Nicholls Film Society. After working in the film and television industry for ten years, Ms. Remark started teaching at Nicholls in 2015, focusing on Film Studies courses like Cult Classics, Steven Spielberg, The Coen Brothers, and Animated Films. She also developed Film Production courses in 2017 that have grown to produce successful student narrative films and documentaries. Ms. Remark enjoys talking endlessly about new films, traveling off-the-beaten-path, and birdwatching. She is currently working on her debut novel.
COURSES:
ENGL 217: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives
ENGL 240: Introduction to Film Studies
ENGL 340: Cult Classics
ENGL 340: Animated Films
ENGL 346: Short Narrative Film Production
ENGL 446: Short Documentary Production
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Ms. Remark has written and produced several of her own short films including Riverbend, which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival in 2018, and Call Me Cappy, which screened at over twelve international film festivals, including the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. Ms. Remark is also active in the creative writing community as alumni of competitive writing conferences such as Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Centre d’Art Marnay Art Center, and Disquiet International Writing Program. She is an active member of AWP: The Association of Writers and Writing Programs and the New Orleans-based, Peauxdunque Writers Alliance.