Production/Research Areas: Digital Film/Video Production
Teaching Areas: digital cinema/film production, film directing, screenwriting
Courses: Writing/Directing for Digital Cinema, Advanced Cinema Production, Advanced Topics in Film
Degrees: M.F.A. Temple University, B.A. University of Tennessee
Professional creative work web site: Lovell Films.
office - 344 East Henderson
phone - (540) 231-6029
e-mail - pharrill@vt.edu
Paul Harrill's work as a writer/director includes Gina, An Actress, Age 29, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking, and Quick Feet, Soft Hands, a co-production with the Independent Television Service. He is the producer and co-cinematographer of the forthcoming documentary, For Memories' Sake, directed by Ashley Maynor.
Paul’s films have screened around the world at festivals (Rotterdam, Los Angeles, Sydney, Nashville, etc.), museums (Museum of Modern Art, ICA London, Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art, etc.), and on television. His work has been supported by the Aperture Film Grant, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Paul’s weblog Self-Reliant Film (http://www.selfreliantfilm.com) champions small-crew, do-it-yourself, regional filmmaking. He has been an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech since 2006.