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Tim Ouillette

Departments

Communication Studies

Education

  • M.F.A., Art Institute of Boston

Research Focus

  • Documentary Filmmaker

Tim is a filmmaker, musician, professor, comedian, and the founder of Munjoy Hill Media. His work appears on HBO, Netflix, Discovery, CNN, Headline News, Al Jazeera, Hearst and Bloomberg. He can be seen in front of the camera as well as behind and has been a contributor/host with the local Boston TV/Web show Food New England and nationally on Headline News. Most recently he was local director of photography on the upcoming HBO documentary on George Carlin.

Throughout his career has taught various courses in production at Northeastern University, the University of Hong Kong in Shanghai, University of New England, and the University of Southern Maine. Tim holds an undergraduate degree in Communication from the University of Southern Maine and a MFA from the Art Institute of Boston.

Research/Publications Highlights

  • 2017: Cinematography for upcoming PBS documentary on Ted Williams. PBS will air it on American Masters nationally on August 2018. Some of the interviews include Roger Angel, Wade Boggs, Emily DiMaggio and Bob Costas. You will find more press from PBS here.
  • 2017: Imperishable, a short film created as part of the Famer/Artist partnership in conjunction with the Harlow Gallery funded by the Maine Community Foundation. Was 1 of 12 artists selected from a pool of 113. Screenings of the film will be at the Harlow Gallery on Oct 14 th 2017 followed by an artist talk.
  • 2017: Producing short film on Sexual Assault amongst Humanitarian workers. Funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway and Diginitas Research Innovation Fund. Film was picked up by sexual assault trainers and will be seen by all future incoming UN Aid workers.
  • 2016/2017: Produced, filmed, and edited 30-minute documentary, Struggle for Recovery: Women’s Stories from Northern Uganda on the effects of post-war reparations in Northern Uganda in the Acholi and Lango region. Funded by the UK Aid and Irish Aid through Feinstein International Center. After seeing this the Ministry of Foreign affairs in England publically pledged over 2 million pounds to war wounded.
  • 2017 Screening, Overseas Development Institute, London
  • 2017 Screening and talk, Emerson College, Boston MA
  • 2017 Screening and talk, Northeastern University
  • 2017 Screening Kampala, Uganda
  • 2015: Snapshot of a Skatepark
  • 2015 Best Film, Maine Outdoor Film Festival
  • Official Selection for 2016, International Festival of Outdoor Films, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Official Selection for 2015, Rise of The Drones Film Festival, Chamonix France and London England
  • 2012 Organizer and Panelist: “Social Media and Its Effects on Filmmaking” at USM Communication Department,
  • 2012 Selected Panelist “Filmmaking in Maine” by Portland Film Festival at MECA
  • 2012: Emmy Award Winner , Boston/New England region, in the category for Community/Public Service (PSAs). For work as a motion graphics and consultant and on My Life My Choice .
  • 2010/2011 Directed, wrote and starred in : Sadie OXOX, As American As Apple Lies, When Prophecy Fails, Zagabits, My Ideal Self, and ROMDOS, DOSROM?
  • Sadie OXOX 2009 Official Selection at Ambient Film Festival at Canoe, Seattle, Washington
    Zagabits, Official Selection 4th Annual Phoenix Film Festival, Portland, Maine.
    BFFSCAPE , Official Selection 3rd annual Art Institute of Boston Film Festival, Boston Mass.
    ROMDOS, DOSROM? , MFA Final Exhibition Art Institute of Boston
  • Official Selection MTS Gallery, Video Art, Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Official Selection MAGMART International Video Art Festival, Naples, Italy.

Professional Affiliations

  • New England Media Coalition
  • Portland Music Foundation
  • Maine Film Association

Courses Taught

  • Field Production
  • Sound Production
  • Special Effects and Post Production for Film and Television