Albert Gabriel Nigrin
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Albert Gabriel Nigrin is a Cinema Studies Lecturer at Rutgers University
, and the Executive Director and Curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc., a non-profit organization which screens and promotes independent, experimental and artistic cinema in New Jersey via the New Jersey Film Festival
s, and the United States Super 8mm Film + DigitalVideo Festival. The Festival began in 1982.
, and has an M.F.A. in Visual Arts/Film and Video; and an M.A.
in French Literature from Rutgers University
and a B.A.
from Binghamton University
. Mr. Nigrin has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts
and American Film Institute
Mid-Atlantic Media Arts Fellowship Program and the Ford Foundation
for his film and video work. In addition, he was awarded a 2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Media Arts Fellowship.
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, and the Executive Director and Curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc., a non-profit organization which screens and promotes independent, experimental and artistic cinema in New Jersey via the New Jersey Film Festival
New Jersey Film Festival
The New Jersey Film Festival is New Jersey's largest continuing public film series devoted to "experimental, offbeat and influential cinema". It is held in New Brunswick, New Jersey.-History:...
s, and the United States Super 8mm Film + DigitalVideo Festival. The Festival began in 1982.
Biography
He was born in Charlottesville, VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
, and has an M.F.A. in Visual Arts/Film and Video; and an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in French Literature from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
and a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from Binghamton University
Binghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
. Mr. Nigrin has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
and American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
Mid-Atlantic Media Arts Fellowship Program and the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
for his film and video work. In addition, he was awarded a 2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Media Arts Fellowship.