Bryan Cardinale-Powell
Bryan is a teacher, filmmaker, photographer, and youth arts advocate who currently serves as Associate Professor and Chair of Film at Oklahoma City University. His professional experience includes working for Panavision-Chicago and as a freelance producer, writer, editor, and cameraman based out of Atlanta where he won a Southeast Region Emmy Award. His film interests include American independent cinema and personal documentary, and his writing is included in Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh, a collection of essays on the British director’s work that Bryan co-edited with Marc DiPaolo.
Education
Boston University, College of Communication
MS in Film Production
Xavier University, College of Social Sciences
AB in Economics, cum laude
Teaching Experience
Oklahoma City University
Fall 2008 to present
• Tenure, Fall 2020
• Associate Professor + Chair of Film, Fall 2017
• Acting Chair and Visiting Assistant Professor of Moving Image Arts, Fall 2016
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Moving Image Arts, Fall 2008
Performed administrative duties including curriculum development and assessment, budget management, and recruitment. Selected teaching assignments included Camera & Light, Film Editing Foundations, Short Screenplay Short Film, Documentary Filmmaking, Sound Design & Mixing, History of Motion Pictures, Film Genre, Film Theory & Criticism, Directing for the Camera, and Digital Photography.
Georgia State University
Spring 2003 to Spring 2008
Spring 2003 to Spring 2008
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record)
Boston University
Spring 1995 to Spring 1997
Spring 1995 to Spring 1997
• Graduate Teaching Assistant
Creative Work
Do You Wanna Stay Up All Night?
OCU Advanced Film Workshop
Director, 2024
Light Left On
Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery
Photography, 2024
The Tawaki Trust
Drone Deploy
Editor, 2023
Milo Asleep
Paseo PhotoFest Juried Group Exhibition, curated by Mark Zimmerman
Photograph, 2023
Pablo Tire Shop
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Group Exhibition
Photograph, 2023
Mask Required
OCU Advanced Film Workshop
Director, 2020
Wilson WPA Mural Project
Actually Quite Nice Productions and Wilson Arts, Inc.
Cinematographer, 2019
Washed Up
Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery
Photography, 2019
Moving Image Art
Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery
Co-curator, 2018
BalletReach
Oklahoma City Ballet
Producer, 2017
Momentum-Ada
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Co-Curator and Spotlight Artist Mentor, 2017
Without Words
Oklahoma City Ballet
Photography for projection during performance, 2016
Arrangement 34
Nona Jean Halsey Gallery
Photography, 2015
12: Promises
12 Recovery Foundation and Oklahoma City University Department of Moving Image Arts
Writer and Editor, 2013
First & Female
Oklahoma City University Department of Moving Image Arts
Editor and Associate Producer, 2011
Awarded Best Documentary Short at the 2011 deadCenter Film Festival
Nominated for NATAS Heartland Emmy, Documentary - Cultural
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre Highlight Reel 2009-2010
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre
Editor and Producer, 2010
The Clearing
Fox 2000 Films
Video Assist & Playback, 2004
Coca-Cola Hoop City
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Production Assistant, 2003
Job Fair 2002
Georgia Department of labor and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Associate Producer and Field Camera, 2002
Looking Over Your Shoulder
Georgia Bar Association and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Producer and Writer, 2002
The Father’s Side
Georgia Division of Family and Children Services and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Producer and Writer, 2001
Finding Your Place in Georgia State Government
Georgia Merit System and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Producer and Writer, 2001
Eminent Scholars
Georgia Research Alliance and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Associate Producer and Writer, 2001
Georgia School Council
Georgia School Council and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Associate Producer, 2001
Teens Saving Teens
Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Producer and Additional Camera, 2001
Telemarketing Fraud: It’s a Crime
Georgia Bar Association and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Associate Producer, 2001
Capital Development spot
Boston University Office of Gift Estate Planning
Director of Photography, 1996
Careless
16mm Film
Cinematographer, 1996
Mint
16mm Film
Director, 1995
Publications
Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh: The Politics and Poetry of Comedic Realism
with Marc DiPaolo, Bloomsbury, 2013
Book includes the following essays:
“Cultural Stillbirth: An Examination of Reactions to Vera Drake.”
“All or Nothing: Mike Leigh and the Fickle Finger.”
“Propaganda and Prestige: Principal Foundations for a Canadian Film Industry, 1939-1945.”
Atlanta Review of Journalism History 6 (Spring 2006): 72-95
Conferences
Society for Photographic Education - South Central Region conference, September 2015
Co-chair
Mid-America College Art Association annual conference, October 2014
“What Are You Trying to Prove?: Photographic Plot Material, Mechanics, and Art”
University Film & Video Association annual conference, August 2014
“Teaching Narrative Media Production from More Than One Angle: Reflections on Collaborative Team-Teaching,” with Marc DiPaolo
The Sharpest Knife in the Drawer, peer-reviewed screenplay workshop.
Georiga State University Center for Teaching and Learning conference, January 2008
“Toward a Pedagogy of Defiance in the Media Production Classroom”
Literature/Film Association annual conference, October 2007
“Mike Leigh and the Fickle Finger”
PCA/ACA annual conference, April 2006
“Movie Censorship Patterns in Atlanta, 1916-1925”
AEJMC annual conference, history division, August 2005
“Propaganda and Prestige: Principal Foundations for a Canadian Film Industry, 1939-1945”
University Service
University Budget Committee
Appointed 2022; Chair 2023, 2024
PCAS Promotion & Tenure Committee
Appointed 2022; Chair 2023, 2024
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Elected 2021; Secretary 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
University Academic Programs & Standards Committee
Appointed 2019
University General Education Committee
Appointed 2018; Ad Hoc Task Force on Gen Ed Learning Outcomes and Assessment
University Athletics Committee
Appointed 2018
PCAS Curriculum Committee
Appointed 2017; Secretary 2017, 2018, 2019
Ad Hoc PCAS Appendix Revision Task Force
Appointed 2018
PCAS Identity Task Force
Appointed 2017
PCAS Scholarship Committee
Appointed 2015
PCAS Search Committees
Assistant/Associate/Professor of Gaming and Animation, Chair, 2019
Director of the School of Visual Arts, 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor of Film, 2017
Search Committee Chair
Visiting Assistant Professor/Artist-in-Residence in Graphic Design, 2017
Search Committee Diversity Advocate
Director of the School of Visual Arts, 2016
Assistant Professor of Art History, 2013
Assistant Professor of Photography, 2013
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, 2012
Advisory Boards
Oklahoma State Department of Education Media Arts Standards Working Group, 2021-2022
Francis Tuttle Technology Center/Deer Creek High School Multimedia Infusion Advisory Board, 2020-Present
Oklahoma Arts Institute, Film & Video Advisory Board, 2019-2024
OCU Teacher Education Council, 2019-Present
Oklahoma State Regents Course Equivalency Project, 2019
Committee Chair, Film & Video Studies
Oklahoma City Community College - Digital Cinema Program, 2017-Present
Jeanne Hoffmann Smith Center for Film & Literature Advisory Board, 2016-Present
Workshops & Community Partnerships
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute, 2024
“Filmmaking: A Foundation for Learning”
deadCenter University Educators’ Forum, 2024
Co-ordinator and Instructor
Smokewood Institute Filmmakers Studio, 2023
Director
Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, 2022 to Present
Juror
OCU Film Institute, 2022 to Present
Director
Kismet Arts, 2021 to Present
Photographer
deadCenter Film Assistant Director Workshop, 2021
Co-ordinator, with Richard Rosser
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Film Society and Moderns, 2020
Panelist
deadCenter Film Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Workshop, 2019
with Billy Palumbo and Jeff Price
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, 2019 to 2023
Filmmaking faculty, Editing
OK Cine Latino Youth Film Workshop, 2018-Present
Editing Mentor
deadCenter Film Screenwriting Workshop, 2018
with Billy Palumbo and Matt Payne
Oklahoma City University High School Film Festival, 2017 to Present
Director
Booker T Washington High School, Dallas, Filmmaking Workshop, 2017 and 2018
with Billy Palumbo
Everything Goes Dance Studio, 2016 to Present
Photographer
deadCenter Film Festival - University and Film Educators Panel, 2015
ReMerge Oklahoma, 2014-2020
Photographer
TheatreOCU, Official Production Photographer, 2011 to Present
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre - Summer Camps, 2009 to Present
Several one-week filmmaking and photography camps each year for children ages 6 to 14
Professional Experience
Film & Video Production Contractor
Associate Producer, Writer, Cameraman, Assistant Editor, Production Assistant
January 2001–August 2003
Atlanta, Georgia
Panavision-Chicago
Camera Rental Manager, Film Coordinator, Camera Prep Technician
February 1998–July 2000
Chicago, Illinois
Directed the staff responsible for maintaining and delivering on-location camera equipment for professional motion picture production in Chicago and other mid-western markets
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Circulating Library Assistant
November 1994–February 1996
Boston, Massachusetts
Assisted patrons in their genealogical/historical research and maintained the collection of circulating materials
Awards
Emmy Award
NATAS Southeast Chapter
2002
2002
GABBY Award
Georgia Association of Broadcasters
2002
2002
Telly Award
2002