Lecturer

E-mail: john@fiegefilms.com
Office: CMA 5.132
Office phone: 512-471-6657
Web site: fiegefilms.com

John Fiege is a filmmaker and photographer based in Austin, Texas. As a director, he works in both documentary and fiction, and his films have played at the Cannes Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Miami International Film Festival, and Austin Film Festival, among many others. His film, Mississippi Chicken, was nominated for a Gotham Award for "The Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You." His film awards include the Princess Grace Special Project Grant, the Princess Grace Award, Kodak's Eastman Scholarship, the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Grant, and the Carole Fielding Documentary Award. As a director of photography, he has shot films that have played at festivals around the world, including Tribeca, Clermont-Ferrand, Edinburgh, San Francisco International, LA Film Festival, and SXSW. He holds a B.A. from Carleton College, an M.S. in cultural geography and environmental history from The Pennsylvania State University, and an M.F.A. in film production from the University of Texas at Austin, where is now a lecturer. View his work at fiegefilms.com.