Georgia State University

Faculty Member, Communication

Associate Professor of Film/Video - Director, PERIPHERAL VISIONS

Arts & Sciences

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MFA University of California, San Diego — Visual Arts
BFA University of Arizona — Photography

Research and teaching interests include: experimental, avant-garde, and nonfiction theory and practice; community-based and subject participatory mediamaking; the essay film; video art; personal narrative and diary films; home movies and the representation of family; performance of masculinity; and the environmental documentary. 

Niklas Vollmer is an interdisciplinary artist and mediamaker who teaches film/video production.  Niklas received an MFA in Visual Art from the University of California, San Diego, has been nominated for a Rockefeller Fellowship, and his most recent documentary screened at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Additional experimental and documentary work has screened in the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Africa and Asia; and at AFI, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, California Museum of Photography, and the Directors Guild of Los Angeles. Recent honors include being chosen as a Documentary Specialist (2009) and Filmmaker (2010) for the American Documentary Showcase, a program that brings recent American documentary films, filmmakers, and subject area specialists to audiences around the world via a cooperative grant by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State in collaboration with the International Documentary Association (IDA) and University Film & Video Association (UFVA).

Past distinctions include: Best Sports Documentary and the Original Vision Award at the International Documentary Challenge premiered at HOTDOCS, Experimental Faculty Juror Award from the University Film & Video Association, Best Short from United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival, Experimental Cinematography Award from the Trenton Film Festival, Experimental Runner Up at the Great Lakes Independent Film Festival, 2nd Place Documentary at the Savannah International Film Festival, Best Experimental at the San Diego Film & Video Makers Showcase, Finalist at the USA Film Festival, and 2nd Place Experimental at AFI's Vision of US Competition.

Niklas has served as a Board Member of the University Film & Video Association.  Before academia, he was a Public Television editor.

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