Cecelia Condit is an internationally renowned filmmaker whose work focuses on the contrast between the everyday world and the realm of fairytales. She considers herself a storyteller, often with a commentary on modern society; from topics such as female aging to the imaginary world of children. Condit describes her films saying: "My work centers around the theme of how bizarre events disrupt mundane lives. By contrasting the commonplace with the macabre, humor with the absurd, I address a reality that is both surprisingly believable yet strange enough to belong only to the realm of fiction."

Condit's film's are acclaimed internationally, including at festivals and institutions such as the Paris Biennale; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York World Wide Video Festival, The Hague; Long Beach Museum of Art, California Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; and The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

In addition to such international exhibitions, Condit has also won numerous awards and grants. She has received grants and fellowships from the American Film Institute, the Guggenheim Foundation (including the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship), and the National Endowment for the Arts among others.

Currently Condit is a full professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the director of its nationally acclaimed graduate film program.

Filmography

• Beneath the Skin 1981, 12:05 min, color, sound
• Possibly in Michigan 1983, 11:40 min, color, sound
• Not a Jealous Bone 1987, 10:24 min, color, sound
• Suburbs of Eden 1992, 15:17 min, color, sound
• Oh, Rapunzel 1996, 35 min, color, sound
• Why Not a Sparrow 2003, 12 min, color, sound
• All About a Girl 2004, 5:25 min, color, stereo
• Little Spirits 2005, 8:35 min, color, stereo

Reference

American film directors | English-language film directors