Gary Hankins CV

b. 1982, San Diego, CA
Lives and works in San Diego, CA
EDUCATION
MFA in the Program Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts c. 2022 
B.A. in Media Arts with a concentration in film production and critical theory, University of California, Magna Cum Laude c. 2018
SCREENINGS | PROJECTS | INSTALLATIONS | ETC
2023
Instruction - Aesthetics of Refuse, Course Design and Instruction, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2022
Instruction - Community Arts Partnership Summer Program, Lead Film/Video Instructor, Dorsey High, Los Angeles, CA 
16mm & 8mm Film Scanning Technician & Color Specialist, California Institute of the Arts
Assistant teaching: Filmmaking Fundamentals, Finishing on Film, Videographics, California Institute of the Arts, 2019-2022
Screening - Please Hold, Please, Whammy! Los Angeles, CA
Screening - If We Keep, @SEA live magazine, Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles, CA
Director and animator of music video “Everything” for artist Ricky
Director of photography for live performance by Barnacle Boys

2021
Screening - If We Keep, San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, CA 
Screening - Little Bill, Light [] Film Nights, Los Angeles, CA
Installation - Forgotten Gaze, projection mapped/multimedia, CalArts, Los Angeles, CA
Audio/Mixing Engineer - Studio recording by CowboyTV
Stage Design - Live Projection Mapping - Kensington Club, San Diego, CA 
Short Film - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Digital, Projection Mapping, 4:54 min 
Short Film - Please Hold, Please. MiniDV, Projection Mapping, Fabrication, 4:31 min 
Music Video - CowboyTV "Disappointment" CCTV, data mosh, 3:14 min

2020
Screening - Hawthorne, UltraCinema film festival, Mexico City, MX
Screening - Hawthorne, Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Short Film - Hawthorne, Finished on 16mm, 2:21 min
Short Film - Does the Waltz, Digital Video, 3:16 min
Short Animation - Chicken Wire Frame, CG, 3:41 min

2019
Short Film - Little Bill, 16mm, B&W, 1:58 min
Installation: A ship concussed - Ship in the Woods, San Diego, CA
Audio/Mixing Engineer- Studio recording by BirdBath

2018
Installation - Familiar, Unseen: multimedia installation with Nasim Biglari, Adam D. Kamil Gallery, San Diego, CA
Audio/Mixing Engineer - Studio recording by Summer Knowledge

2017
Music Video - BirdBath “The Walker”, Digital Video
Video Editor - Big Village Media, San Diego Diplomacy Council project, San Diego, CA
Camera Operator - Big Village Media, TRISHES Live, SoFar Sounds, San Diego 

2016
Stage Curator for Concern Foundation Cancer Benefit, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Design/Publication - Epiphany, Notion, Potions & Lore, Small form book release
Audio/Mixing Engineer - Studio recording by The Tin Can Country Club collective
AWARDS
2021 Lillian Disney Award, California Institute of the Arts 
2018 UCSD Provost Honors
2017 Miles Music Scholarship Award
2014 Dean’s Honors List
2012 Osher Scholarship Award
2009 San Diego Music Award
2008 San Diego Music Award