JOEL WANEK
joelwanek.com / mindspacetime.com
EDUCATION
2011–2013 MFA Experimental and Documentary Arts, DUKE UNIVERSITY
2002–2006 Upright Bass, Jazz Theory & Improvisation, TATSU AOKI
2001–2002 Cello Performance and Advanced Music Theory, PEOPLES MUSIC SCHOOL
1992–1996 BA Media Communications, Photography + Film Production, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY
TEACHING
2022-2024, Lecturer, Department of Geography, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 2020-2022, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 2014-2020, Lecturer, School of Liberal and Creative Arts, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
2017, Multimedia Instructor, YOUTH RADIO
2011-2013, Teaching Assistant, DUKE UNIVERSITY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-Present, Documentary Film + Audio Producer, MIND SPACE TIME
Mind Space Time is my own creative documentary studio where I serve as producer, shooter, sound recordist, and editor. I produce original, non-fiction video and audio stories for television, online publications, non-profit organizations, and artists. Recent collaborations have been with NY Times, AJ+, NowThisNews, ACLU, PBS NewsHour, Facebook, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, University of California Berkeley, and Southern Documentary Fund.
2013-2015, Multimedia Producer, KQED/PBS
Producer, videographer, editor and director of the Emmy Award winning video series Art School
which profiled contemporary Bay Area artists and their work. Active member of the Arts editorial team
where I pitched stories, shaped new series ideas, and collaborated with producers from Radio and TV.
2000-2013, Photographer, JOEL WANEK
Clients included: PBS, Asian Improv Arts, Duke University Hospital, Duke University Nicholas
School of the Environment, Columbia College, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Stop Smiling,
Jazz Times, Downbeat, Atavistic Records, Okka Disk, Ken Vandermark, Eremite Records, Art21
FILM SCREENINGS
2024 INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE WINTERTHUR, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2023 HOTDOCS INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, Canada
2021 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CURTAS DE BELO HORIZONTE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, London, England
2019 BEIJING INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Beijing, China
2019 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CURTAS DE BELO HORIZONTE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2018 UNION DOCS, Brooklyn, New York
2018 IL CINEMINO, Milan, Italy
2018 CIAP KUNSTVEREIN, Hasselt, Belgium
2017 LATINOAMERICANO CINE DEL NUEVO FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL, Havana, Cuba
2017 ELBPHILHARMONIE LAEISZHALLE, Hamburg, Germany
2016 FECIBOGOTA, Bogota, Columbia
2016 FESTIVAL CINE RADICAL, La Paz, Bolivia
2016 ARTEMIS FILM FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, California
2016 KASSELER DOKFEST, Kassel, Germany
2015 ART TORONTO, Toronto, Canada
2015 PARALLEL SCREEN, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2015 CINE MIGRANTE FILM FESTIVAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 CINEMA L'UNIVERS, Lille, France
2015 WINNIPEG UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2015 FRONTLINE CLUB, London, England
2015 NEXT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Bucharest, Romania
2015 IMAGES FESTIVAL, Toronto, Ontario
2015 COPENHAGEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 MOVING FESTIVAL OF VIDEO ART, Kyoto, Japan
2015 LES RENCONTRES TRAVERSE VIDEO, Toulouse, France
2015 BEURSSCHOUWBURG, Brussels, Belgium
2015 THE PUBLIC CINEMA, Knoxville, Tennessee
2015 LE FRESNOY STUDIO NATIONAL DES ARTS CONTEMPORAINS, Tourcoing, France
2014 BIENAL DE LA IMAGEN EN MOVIMIENTO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE WINTERTHUR, Zurich, Switzerland
2014 ANTIMATTER FILM FESTIVAL, Victoria, British Columbia
2014 DOCLISBOA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Lisbon, Portugal
2014 FESTIVAL DES CINÉMAS DIFFÉRENTS ET EXPÉRIMENTAUX DE PARIS, Paris, France
2014 TRINIDAD + TOBAGO FILM FESTIVAL, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2014 TRANSIENT VISIONS FESTIVAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE, Johnson City, New York
2014 WNDX FESTIVAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MESSAGE TO MAN, St. Petersburg, Russia
2014 25 FPS FESTIVAL, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 ARKIPEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Jakarta, Indonesia
2014 MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL, Windsor, Ontario
2014 LIMA INDEPENDIENTE FESTIVAL DEL CINE, Lima, Peru
2014 INTERNATIONALES KURZFILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany
2014 ICDOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Iowa City, Iowa
2014 EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, Osnabruck, Germany
2014 CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL, San Francisco, California
2014 ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2014 LES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES, Paris/Berlin/Madrid
2014 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013 BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, London, England
2013 DURHAM BUS STATION, Durham, North Carolina
2013 CARRACK MODERN ART, Durham, North Carolina
2013 LA NUIT DE L'INSTANT, Marseille, France
2013 IMAGES FESTIVAL, Toronto, Ontario
2012 ANTIMATTER FILM FESTIVAL, Victoria, British Columbia
2012 WNDX MOVING IMAGE FESTIVAL, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 DAYLIGHT PROJECT SPACE, Hillsborough, North Carolina
2012 ICDOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Iowa City, Iowa
2012 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR'S LOUNGE, Berlin, Germany
AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS
2022 SUNDAY LIFE AT THE LAKE, XMTR-FM, London 2021 REVEIL - SOUNDCAMP 8: Dawn Chorus Day, London 2019-2020 HERE IS WHERE WE MEET, KGPC-FM, Oakland
GRANTS + AWARDS
2023 Collegium Grant, UC BERKELEY
2023 UC-AFT Local 1474 Professional Development Fund Grant, UC BERKELEY
2018 Individual Artist Grant, CITY OF OAKLAND 2014 Grand Prize, International Competition, INTERNATIONALES KURZFILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG
2014 Prix de la Competition Internationale, FDCEP PARIS
2014 Third Prize, International Competition, MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL
2014 Best Short Film, ICDOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2014 Award for Best Cinematography, ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL
2013 Vtape Award for Best Video, IMAGES FESTIVAL
CURATORIAL
2024 Landscape Film Series, Geography Department, UC BERKELEY, Berkeley
2016 Marvelous Movie Mondays, ECHO PARK FILM CENTER, Los Angeles
2012-2013 Film in the House of the Word, DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham
2012 The Short Films of Bill Brown, CARRACK MODERN ART, Durham
2007-2009 Co-Founder and Programmer, BROWN RICE, Chicago
2003-2007 Low End Theory: Festival of Improvised Bass Music, VARIOUS VENUES, Chicago
1996 Films from the Avant-Garde, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES, St. Louis
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023 Geography Colloquia Series, UC BERKELEY, Berkeley, California
2021 Furtive Bodies, Panel Discussion, FEST CURTAS BELO HORIZONTE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2021 Beyond Story Study Group, SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, Sheffield, UK 2021 Panelist, Robert Flaherty’s Moana, FILM SCENE, Iowa City 2015 Juror, International Competition, INTERNATIONALES KURZFILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG
2015 Visiting Artist, UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL, Hamburg, Germany
2014 Artist Talk, INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Interlochen, Michigan
PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
2020 Why we are drawn to the most ordinary documentary stars, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH by Matt Turner 2019 Favorite Films of the 2010s, LETTERBOXD by Darren Hughes
2016 Joel Wanek Introduces His Film Sun Song, MUBI NOTEBOOK by Joel Wanek
2016 Cahaya dalam Sun Song, JURNAL FOOTAGE, by Afrian Purnama
2015 Images Festival 2015, MUBI NOTEBOOK by Jacqueline Valencia
2015 2014 World Poll, SENSES OF CINEMA by Michelle Carey
2014 Top Ten Films 2014, LA FURIA UMANA by Oona Mosna
2014 Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness, SENSES OF CINEMA by Darren Hughes
2014 Ann Arbor Film Festival DVD Collection, Volume 7 by Ann Arbor Film Festival
2014 Rotterdam 2014: Deep Breaths, MUBI NOTEBOOK by Daniel Kasman
2014 Rotterdam 2014: A Top Ten In Disorder, NUMERO CERO by Javier Estrada and Fernando Rodriguez
2008 Thinking In Pictures, NEW RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ARTS & LEARNING by C. Weiss and A. Lichtenstein
2006 Defining Emptiness, CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO by Matt Cunningham
2006 Solidarities, AREA/CHICAGO by Daniel Tucker