Maureen Selwood

Maureen Selwood
Selwood at 2021 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Dublin, Ireland
EducationCorcoran Gallery of Art,
College of New Rochelle,
New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Maureen Selwood (born 1946)[1] is an Irish-born American filmmaker and visual artist whose works employ simple line drawings, marriages between animation and live footage, digital projections and installations. She is a pioneer in the field of independent and experimental animation.[2] She has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (1992), and is the first animation artist to be awarded the Rome Prize (2002) in Visual Arts from the American Academy in Rome.[3]

  1. ^ Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015-11-06). Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times. CRC Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-317-51988-1.
  2. ^ Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015-11-06). Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times. CRC Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-317-51988-1.
  3. ^ Prescott, Dana (Fall 2003). "American Academy in Rome - Society of Fellow News" (PDF) – via www.sof-aarome.org.