Martha Swetzoff

Martha Swetzoff

Adjunct Instructor

Film & Video Production | Storrs, CT

About

Martha Swetzoff is a filmmaker, punk guitarist, media designer, and educator. Her award-winning feature documentary, “Theme: Murder,” about her father’s unsolved murder, is distributed by New Day Films, and she creates experimental shorts blending her visuals, music, and sound design, which have screened internationally and had a theatrical run. A nominee for a Lortel award for her projection design on the original “The Laramie Project,” she also has a background in interactive and linear production and has taught film at Harvard, RISD, and UCLA. With an AB cum laude from Harvard and an MS ViS from the MIT Media Lab, Martha’s musical experience includes her pioneering all-girl punk band, Bound & Gagged, currently slated for a vinyl re-release. Her work has been supported by grants from the NEA, Mass Cultural Council, LEF Foundation, and Foundation Arp, among others. Contact Martha

Areas of Focus

  • Documentary, Episodic television
  • Experimental Uses of Moving Images
  • DADA and Avant Garde Movements
  • Adapting History

Education

  • M.S. ViS. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, 1989
  • A.B. in Anthropology, Harvard College, cum laude, 1984

Research Achievements

  • Fellowship, Fondation Arp
  • PAGE Awards, semi-finalist
  • IFP No Borders Selection
  • SeriesFest Pitch selection