Faculty

Andre Silva is an M.F.A. Candidate in Film & Video Production at the University of Iowa. His award-winning films and videos have played at festivals internationally, including Ann Arbor Film Festival, SXSW and Chicago Underground Film Festival. Currently, he is working on his thesis, a 7-minute animated film, "Ichthyopolis," which is a fantastical journey into the material and immaterial lives of fish. The film will utilize stop-motion animation, live action video, rotoscoping and computer generated 3-D animation. Aside from working on his films, Andre has recently taught film and video production courses at the University of Iowa. For the past two summers, he taught digital animation at Northwestern University's National High School Institute. He was also one of the co-founders of Iowa City Microcinema, a local organization dedicated to bringing visiting artists to Iowa City and hosting filmmaking events such as the "24-hour video race."