Videos about the Program in Film and Digital Media @ Messiah College.

John Reid Perkins-Buzo
is currently Assistant Professor of Film and Media Production in the Communication Department at Messiah College in Grantham. He has produced short films, CD-ROMS, DVDs, museum installation pieces and telematic art.

He is the recipient of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts (CIRA) Fellowship at Northwestern University, and the Excellence In Art and Technology Award from the Center for Art and Technology also at Northwestern University. He has a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Arts from Northwestern University as well as an M.A. in Scripture, an M.Div. in Pastoral Counseling and an M.S. in Applied Math. He is ordained to the Diaconate in the Roman Catholic Church.

About His Films: * The Tortilla Moon, an animated film about the Yaqui Indian Wars between the Yaqui people and the Mexican government in the 1890s, won the Jury Award for Short Animated Film, 8th International Latino Film Festival, 2004. It has also shown at the 21st Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2005. See http://homepage.mac.com/rei... * Quantum Memory has been screened at the CIVA Festival (Dallas), Film Centre (Dublin, Ireland), the 17th International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival (Warsaw, Poland) and the Family Theatre Film and Video Festival (Los Angeles). See http://www.lumen-media.org/... * Homecoming University Film and Video Conference Festival, August 13th, 2008, Colorado Springs, Colorado. * Prodigal CIVA Festival, June 21st, 2007, Grantham, Pennsylvania. * The Uncanny CIVA Festival, June 21st, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts. * Sredni Vashtar Family Theatre Film Festival, November 27th, 2002, Hollywood, California.