Eric Kurland:  

I have been an active filmmaker since childhood, shooting my first narrative film at the age of nine. I spent my high school years learning all forms of media production at Cinekyd Enterprises, a specialized youth organization based in the Philadelphia area. In fact, I was editing professional videos by the age of thirteen, and produced and directed a weekly local television show at seventeen. At Cinekyd, I was involved in the production of several award winning student films, radio and TV programs. After graduating from the Cinekyd program in 1985, I was asked to join the teaching staff there, specializing in instructing high school students in editing and special effects. In 1989, I enrolled in the Cinema and Photography program at Ithaca College in NY. I focused my studies on film production, electronic music and digital audio and computer graphics. My student films garnered several accolades, including the 1990 "Doorknob Award," and I hold the distinction of producing the first film at IC with a completely digitally recorded and mixed soundtrack. I received my bachelors degree in Film Production in 1992. After college, I moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where I worked in commercial TV production for two years. During this period, the Cummer Museum of Art asked me to instruct computer graphics classes for both children and adults. These classes proved to be very successful, culminating in a student art exh...Expand for more