Nich Perez DeLaney Filmmaker-in-Residence

Reid 101
540-458-8208
nperez@wlu.edu
Website - Curriculum Vitae

Education

MFA Cinematic Arts: Film and Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
MA Communication Studies, St. Mary’s University, Texas
Photography and Human Rights Certificate, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
BA Philosophy, University of St. La Salle, Philippines
BS Business Management, University of St. La Salle, Philippines

Research

Documentary Narrative and Production
Video and Film Production
Media, Social Justice, and Service-Learning
Contemporary International Cinema
Screenwriting and Documentary Preproduction
Effective Media Production: Digital Still Photography and Editing
Cinematography, and Film Editing
Community Storytelling
Film Festivals
The Ontology of Film Grain and Pixels

Teaching

Film 233 Introduction to Film
Video Production
Documentary Narrative and Production

Recent Projects

"letters to eleanore" feature-length documentary (currently in the film festival circuit)
2024 Documentary Award Winner, A&E Film Festival, Bristol, England
2024 Official Selection, Freedom Festival International, South Carolina, USA

"The White Feast (Screenplay)"
2023 Official Selection, Beverly Hills Film Festival, USA
2021 Official Selection, University Film and Video Association, USA

"LETTERS: the art of grieving" - Distributed by EPF Media|Streaming on GuideDoc 2021
Official Selection, StoryBolt’s 4th Short Documentary Contest, USA
2021 Award Winner, Go Mental! International Short Film Festival 2021, Germany
2021 Award Winner, Giuria del Festival ART CONTAINER, Italy
2021 Official Selection, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, Scotland.
2020 Official Selection, 74th University Film and Video Association Conference, USA
2020 Great Lakes Film Festival, USA
2020 Finalist Mountain Shadow Film Society’s 6th Annual Short Film Competition
2020 Jury Prize Nominee, First Look Film Festival, USA
2019 Official Selection, Filmstrip International Film Festival, Romania
2019 Finalist, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA

"Kahidlaw" (Longing) (currently in the film festival circuit)
2022 Official Selection, PDX Recovery Film Festival, USA
2022 Official Selection, Monaco Film Festival
2022 Official Selection, Hyperreal Film Club, USA

"Dear Nay”
2022 Art With Impact Short Film Competition Winner
2020 Official Selection, One Step Film Festival, Yangon
2020 Official Selection, Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema, USA

"LETTERS: transformations”
2023 Official Selection, Nosebleeds Film Festival, USA
2021 Winner, Art With Impact Film Competition - Olive Film Collection

"A Philosophical Approach to Enlightenment”
2020 Official Selection, Lift-Off Global Network Film Festival, UK
2020 Award Winner, Tagore International Film Festival, India
2020 Flickfair Film Festival, USA

"In Plato's Digital Cave”
2020 Official Selection, LAMPA International Film Festival of Socially Oriented Short Films, Videos and Social Advertising

"Fragments"
2020 Official Selection, Lift-Off Global Network Film Festival, UK
2020 Official Selection, 9th Video Poetry Festival, Greece

“Adulting,”
2017 Nominated Best Documentary, First Look Industry Award , USA

"Pōuri,"
2017 Official Selection, One Nation Film Festival, USA

"Flowers,"
2016 Official Selection, River Bend Film Festival , USA

"Reinterpreting Neruda: If You Forget Me,"
2020 Official Selection, 9th Video Poetry Festival, Greece
2015 Official Selection, North by Midwest Film Festival , USA

"BRO: Men with Hope to Bring," Feature-Length Documentary
2015 Official Selection, Great Lakes Film Festival
2015 Official Selection, Catholic Film Festival, South Korea

"M35 Bus"
2014 Official Selection, (In)Justice for All Film Festival