Chip Hackler Assistant Professor
Contact Information
King Hall 102G
Phone: 962-7389
E-mail: hacklerc@uncw.edu
Education
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Emphasis in Screenwriting, 2005
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
B.A. in English, 1984
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Filmography
TWO HOURS IN THE DARK – Writer, Director (in development)
Short narrative
Funded in part with a Charles L. Cahill Award and a Summer Research Initiative Grant
FINDERS KEEPERS – Co-Producer
16mm, 25 min., narrative
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington NC – November, 2006
Avignon/New York Film Festival 2006 – November, 2006
LOOKING AT MOVIES, 2nd Edition – Producer
Supplementary materials DVD (companion to textbook)
W.W. Norton & Co., 2006
PSA FOR VOTER REGISTRATION – Writer, Director
35mm, 30-second Public Service Announcement
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters
Winner, 1st prize, “Go Vote PSA Contest,” 2006
Broadcast on numerous television networks
Posted on N.C. Center for Voter Education website
“Instruments for Change” fundraiser, Wilmington, NC, 2004
Flicker Film Festival, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995
1st Annual Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, 1994
DAWN PATROL - Writer, Director, Cinematographer
Super-8 film & digital video, 8 min., lyrical narrative
University Film & Video Association conference, Los Angeles, CA 2006
Cucalorus Film Foundation, Friday Night Films, 2006
MFA Program Screening, Goddard College, Vermont, 2004
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington NC, 2003
UNC-Wilmington, inaugural “Surf Night,” 2002
CATHEDRAL - Writer, Director, Producer
16mm, 30-min. narrative based on the short story by Raymond Carver
Utilized in college courses at St. Leo University, Florida; Kalamazoo College, Michigan; UNC-Wilmington; and College of Southern Maryland
MFA Program Screening, Goddard College, Vermont, 2004
Broadcast on North Carolina PBS film series, “NC Visions,” 1999
Cape Fear Cinema Symposium, 1999
Elon College Film Festival, 1999
UNC-Wilmington, inaugural “Local Focus” film series, 1999
Stephens Ministries, Raleigh, NC, 1999
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Professional Experience: Directing & Cinematography
2nd UNIT DIRECTOR/2nd UNIT CINEMATOGRAPHER
To Love, Honor and Deceive-1996 (ABC movie-of-the-week)
Movie nominated for national Emmy Award for Cinematography
CINEMATOGRAPHER - 2nd UNIT/ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Surface-2005 (NBC television series); Waterproof-1999 (Lightmotive feature); Dawson’s Creek-1997 (Warner Bros. television series); What it Was Was Football-1997 (short; Hamptons International Film Festival); Country Justice-1996 (CBS movie-of-the-week); To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday-1995 (Sony Pictures feature); Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story-1995 (CBS movie-of-the-week); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles-1991 (ABC television series)
CAMERA OPERATOR – ADDITIONAL CAMERA
One Tree Hill-2003-2006 (Warner Bros.); Surface-2005 (NBC); Dawson’s Creek-1997-1998, 2000-2003 (Warner Bros.); The Locket-2002 (Hallmark movie); Black Knight-2001 (20th Century Fox feature); Going to California-2001 (Showtime TV); The Angel Doll-2000 (Lifetime feature); Cherry Falls-2000 (USA Films); Freedom Song-1999 (TNT movie); The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland-1998 (Sony Pictures feature); Virus-1998 (Universal Pictures feature); Legacy-1998 (UPN Network television series); Nathan Dixon-1998 (CBS movie); The Day Lincoln Was Shot-1997 (TNT movie); The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery-1997 (Hearst Entertainment television); The Ditchdigger’s Daughters-1996 (Family Channel movie); Rough Riders-1996 (TNT movie); Bastard out of Carolina-1996 (Showtime movie); Twilight Man-1996 (TV movie); A Step Toward Tomorrow-1996 (TV movie); The Crying Child-1996 (TV movie); The Summer of Ben Tyler-1996 (Hallmark movie); American Gothic-1995 (CBS television series); Fall Time-1995 (independent feature nominated for Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival)
Assistant Directing/Producing
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Snapshot-2004 (short; Breckenridge Film Festival, 2006; Cucalorus Film Festival, 2005; Avignon International Film Festival, NY, 2005; University Film and Video Association conference, Chicago, 2005)
ASSISTANT TO PRODUCER
The Roanoke Voyages-1986 (North Carolina PBS)
Assistant Camera & Editing
CAMERA ASSISTANT
Hootie & the Blowfish-1995 (music video, “Time”); The Radioland Murders-1994 (Lucasfilm feature); When We Were Colored-1994 (BET movie); Interview with the Vampire-1993 (Warner Bros. feature); The Crow-1993 (Miramax feature); Bionic Ever After-1993 (TV movie); The Golden Years-1991 (Spelling Entertainment television); Day-O-1991 (Walt Disney television); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II-1990 (New Line Cinema feature); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-1989 (New Line Cinema feature); Gunfighter-1988 (independent feature); Shag (The Movie)-1987 (Hemdale Film feature); Dracula’s Widow-1987 (DEG feature); Traxx-1987 (DEG feature); Weeds-1986 (DEG feature); King Kong Lives-1986 (DEG feature); National commercials for: Coke, Converse; Gallo Wine/Tott’s Champagne; HBO’s Comic Relief
EDITING APPRENTICE
Tune in Tomorrow-1990 (feature; Toronto Film Festival)
Production
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
UNC Center for Public Television (NC PBS), Chapel Hill, NC-1984-1985
Maximum Overdrive-1985 (DEG feature)
Cat’s Eye-1984 (DEG feature)