Faculty

Profile

Carrie Hawks confronts self-imposed and external assumptions about identity in order to promote healing, particularly in relation to Blackness, gender, and queer sexuality. They work in animation, drawing, collage, sculpture, performance, and stand-up. Their work has been nominated for a New York Emmy, screened at numerous festivals including Tribeca, Ann Arbor, and BlackStar, and broadcast on World Channel. They were selected for fellowships with the Jerome Hill Foundation, the Leslie Lohman Museum, and Brown Girls Doc Mafia. They have curated programs for the Ann Arbor Film Festival and ASIFA-East.

Degrees Held

BA, Art History with concentration in Visual Arts at Barnard College

BFA, Graphic Design at Georgia State University

Professional Affiliation

Brown Girls Doc Mafia

Diverse Filmmakers Alliance

Recent Publications

Self-Harm Resources List, Black Youth Project

Research Interests

Animation, Gender & Sexuality, Documentary, Narrative Film, Comedy

Awards And Honors

2023: Marvels of Media Honorable Mention for Inner Wound Real,
New York State Council of the Arts Grant for Vamp Slug

2022:   Marvels of Media Documentary Award for Kameelah Janan Rasheed: The Edge of 

Legibility & Honorable Mention Award for Origin of Hair
 

2021: Brown Girls Doc Mafia Black Director’s Grant & Fellowship;
Black Public Media Short film grant, 360 Incubator Fellow

2020: New York Emmy Nomination for black enuf*

2019: Jerome Artist Grant for Inner Wound Real

2018: Best Animated Film Film: First City Film Festival, Leavenworth, KS (black enuf*)

Best Documentary Short: TransStellar Film Festival, Detroit, MI

Leslie Lohman Museum Fellow

2017: Audience Award for Best Women’s Short: Out on Film, Atlanta (black enuf*)

Best Animated Film: Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, New York

2014: Jerome Foundation Film Grant

2012: Best Experimental Film, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival for Delilah

Portfolio

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