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WexCast: 2023 Ohio Shorts Juror Colin West

Melissa Starker, Creative Content & PR Manager

Apr 20, 2023

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Link to listen: wexnercenter · WexCast: Filmmaker & 2023 Ohio Shorts Juror Colin West

For this episode, I connected via Zoom with Colin West, juror for the 2023 Ohio Shorts program. It screens Saturday, April 22 and West join us at the Wex that night to give out the $500 Jury Award.

West is a Columbus native and a graduate of Ohio State and the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He’s directed numerous shorts along with three feature-length films including 2021’s Double Walker, starring Sylvie Mix, and the recently released, critically acclaimed Linoleum, starring Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seahorn, which won the Sloan Science on Screen Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Double Walker and Linoleum are both currently available to stream.

West is also an alum of the Ohio Shorts programs from 2007 and 2009. Our conversation touches on those early films, how he got started directing and his move from the fine art world—as an assistant to Ann Hamilton—to the mainstream film school setting of USC, as well as his unique style of storytelling, and his experience culling through films from around the state for Ohio Shorts.

 

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