Jodie Mack

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Jodie Mack (born January 16, 1983, in London, England) is an English-born American experimental filmmaker and animator. She attended the University of Florida{{Cite news|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/jodie-mack/#.WpORRqinFPY.|title=Jodie Mack {{!}} Filmmaker Magazine|last=Rizov|first=Vadim|work=Filmmaker Magazine|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US}} and earned her MFA in film, video, and new media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/movies/jody-mack-makes-plays-with-posters-in-dusty-stacks-of-mom.html|title=A Dash of Whimsy, With Leftover Stars|last1=Rapold|first1=Nicholas|date=9 July 2014|access-date=2 February 2018|website=The New York Times}} and teaches at Dartmouth College.{{Cite web|url=http://home.dartmouth.edu/faculty-directory/jodie-mack|title=Faculty Directory|last=Mack|first=Jodie|date=2 April 2013|website=dartmouth.edu|access-date=February 24, 2018}} Mack's works have screened at the Viennale, the New York Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2017/daily/nyff55-projections-lineup-of-daring-and-experimental-works-announced/|title=NYFF55 Projections Lineup of Daring and Experimental Works Announced|date=17 August 2017|access-date=2 February 2018|website=Film Society of Lincoln Center}} the Toronto International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2017/10/film/The-Festival-Beneath-the-Festival-Selections-from-Toronto-International-Film-Festival-2017|title=The Festival Beneath the Festival: Selections from Toronto International Film Festival 2017|last1=Coldiron|first1=Phil|date=5 October 2017|access-date=2 February 2018|website=The Brooklyn Rail}} and the Locarno Festival.{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/locarno-2017-lineup|title=Locarno 2017. Lineup|website=Mubi|date=12 July 2017|access-date=2 February 2018}} Mack is currently a 2017–2018 Radcliffe-Harvard Film Study Center Fellow/David and Roberta Logie Fellow.{{Cite news|url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/jodie-mack|title=Jodie Mack|date=2017-04-10|work=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en}} Mack primarily produces her films using a 16 millimeter Bolex camera.{{Citation|title=Experimental Animation and Abstraction with Jodie Mack {{!}} Art School {{!}} PBS|url=http://www.pbs.org/video/art-school-studio-jodie-mack/|language=en-US|accessdate=2018-03-03}} Mack stated in an interview that "[She] chose to work in film because the material renders color and texture in a way that resonates with a lot of [her] work”.

Many of Jodie Mack's films are stop motion animations that feature everyday fabrics and textiles or recycled materials like magazine clippings or newspaper scraps.