MARILYN De ANGELIS PENNELL
4 Sheridan Lane Littleton, MA 01460-1230
(978) 486-8165 (Home)
Marilynvdp@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
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Candidate, Master of Fine Arts, Film, Rockport Maine Media College, degree expected May
2013
Certificate in Interactive Creative Online Graphic Design/ Data Visualization, Knight Digital
Media Center, University of California, Berkeley, certificate expected, January 2013
M.S., School of Communication, Boston University
B.A., Sociology, with Distinction in Field of Sociology/Independent Research, Emmanuel
College, Boston, MA / Area of Special interest: Media and Cross Cultural Studies
Honors in narrative film production, Simmons College, Cross Registration Program
AWARDS AND HONORS
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Harvard Travelers Club Grant for international documentary research (2012)
Center for Independent Documentary Seminars Fellowships, selected as one of nine U.S.
filmmakers to participate in intensive week long film seminar (2011)
Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize for documentary film
Fulbright Hays Scholar: Faculty Fellowship in History and Culture of China
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Faculty Fellowship
Faculty Fellowship Award, National Association of Television Program Executives
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Local Documentary Program of the Year
American Women in Radio and TV: International Documentary program First Place.
National Gabriel Award First Place Documentary, Markets 1-25
PBS Eastern Educational Network Documentary Program of the Year
New England Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award: Outstanding Video
Public Service Announcement Outstanding Public Affairs Television Special
Houston International Film and TV Festival Silver Medal, Outstanding Documentary, Gold
Medal
International Film and TV Festival of New York Silver Medal Outstanding Documentary
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
Associated Press Broadcast Awards: Best Documentary , Best Public Affairs Television Special
and Best Public Affairs Television Program
NH Association of Broadcasters First Place, Television Public Affairs programming
Best of Gannett Outstanding Documentary Outstanding Video Public Service Announcement
Outstanding Television Public Affairs Campaign
Women at Work Broadcast Award: Outstanding Documentary
National Council on Family Relations Media Awards First Place
National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) IRIS AWARD Nomination
National Educational Film and TV Festival, Documentary Honorable Mention
San Francisco International Film and TV Festival, Documentary Special Recognition
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RECENT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, fall 2012
ENDICOTT COLLEGE, Beverly, MA Taught courses in cinematic video for the Web for film students
and digital/broadcast writing. Participated in departmental and campus activities including seminar in
“Visual Literacy and Teaching: Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression”
Visiting Lecturer, fall 2010 to spring 2012
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, Hartford, Ct.
Courses taught: Video Storytelling for the Web, Multimedia (Intro and Advanced); Media in the Global
Village and Writing for the Media.
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Interactive Media Educators’ Conference, University of Maryland, (fall, 2011)
Respondent, Eastern Communication Association, Graduate student panel presentations on media
literacy, culture and criticism (2011)
Visiting Professor, 2009 to 2010
KEENE STATE COLLEGE, Keene, New Hampshire, School of Arts and Humanities.
Courses taught: Digital/Online Writing and Production; Media and Society; Issues in Global Media;
Race, Gender and Media Culture and Narrative Writing
Service:
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Member of KSC Diversity and Multicultural Commission
Contributed to departmental Alumni Day, Spring 2009 and other departmental activities
Professional Development courses and workshops:
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Mass College of Art: Editing the Documentary; Documentary Photography; Street Photography;
Creating Websites with Dreamweaver, 2009 to 2012
Museum of Fine Arts School, Digital Post Production intensive Photoshop, summer 2011
Poynter Institute Webinars: Web 2.0; National Association of Press Photographers (NPPA)
Virtual Video Workshop and Flash for Production, 2009-2010
Making Media Now Conference, Bentley University, June 2009, Waltham, MA
Media Bistro: Multimedia Storytelling Workshop, July 2009 .
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VISITING PROFESSOR/LECTURER, Spring Semester, 2008
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Institute for Shipboard Education, Semester at Sea:
Invited to serve as a Faculty member in an intensive cross cultural semester abroad for 700 undergraduate
students, from January to May 2008
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Taught courses in Writing the Short Screenplay, Multimedia Storytelling, Media Writing and
Global Studies
Responsibilities included contribution to and participation in core interdisciplinary Global Studies
curriculum and mentoring and advising of students
Created and participated in interdisciplinary presentations with fellow faculty and students
Designed and incorporated course related field practica into curriculum and supervised field
practica in ports as diverse as Cape Town, South Africa; Chennai, India; Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam; Kobe, Japan: Penang, Malaysia; San Salvador, Brazil, among others
Led workshops and presentations for shipboard community in Documentary Film; Art and
Aesthetics and Multimedia Student Film Festival
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, 2006 –2008
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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Fall 2008, Providence College, taught Screenwriting
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Fall 2008, Emerson College, Boston, MA, taught television writing
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, 2006-2007, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH, taught television
writing/production
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, PRESENTATIONS AND HONORS (2004 to 2012)
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Producer/Director/Editor: “The Way Home: Tibetan Buddhists in Exile Journey of Family and
Faith”, documentary film
Producer/Director/Editor: “Embracing the Enemy”: documentary film about Vietnam veteran
and the transformative power of art
Producer/Director/Editor: “Sera” documentary about Buddhist monastery in Bylakuppe, India
Producer/Director/Editor: “Seasons in a Life” documentary short
Producer/Director/Editor: “Kurukulla: A Documentary Portrait”
Selected as Summer 2006 Summer Fulbright Fellow: History and Culture in China –
interdisciplinary program, July 2006
Wrote paper for Broadcast Education Association journal “Feedback” about China FulbrightHays Fellowship, published July 2008 and scheduled for publication in academic textbook in
China about Tourism, History and Culture in Qinghai Province
Developed media ethnographic field project “Connected or Disconnected” about digital/online
social networking communities for journal publication, Fall 2007
Created multimedia interdisciplinary online Curriculum Project Images and Voices of China,
published by Fulbright Hays Program and the National Committee for U.S. China Relations, Fall
2006
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PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, PRESENTATIONS AND HONORS (2004 to 2012)
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Presenter, Broadcast Education Association (BEA) panels on International Documentary and
Screenwriting Broadcast Education Association Convention, April 2006
Moderator, panel about Fulbright Programs for educators, Broadcast Education Association
Convention, April 2007
Selected in national competition as one of 20-faculty members nationwide to participate in
Faculty Fellowship in Los Angeles, sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, November 2005
Selected by Radio and Television Foundation (RTNDF) in national competition as Faculty
Fellow, 2006
OTHER COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION/COORDINATOR OF COMMUNICATION
B.A. PROGRAM, PINE MANOR COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, MA-Faculty member and Coordinator of
Communication B.A. program.
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Assisted in redesign of curriculum, which significantly boosted program enrollments and
graduation rate
Assisted in design and creation of multidisciplinary concentration and courses in collaboration
with English and Visual Arts Programs
Courses Taught:
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Supervisor for Senior Project in narrative and documentary film
Writing Scripts and Screenplays
Digital Moviemaking
Honors Seminar in International Media
Senior Internship in Communication, Seminar Leader
TV Production and Programming, Lecture and Lab
Weaving the Web: Cyber culture and Society (Interdisciplinary Course)
Electronic Media Industry survey course about film and broadcast media
Introduction to Mass Media
Children and the Media
Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Media
SPECIAL PROJECTS PINE MANOR COLLEGE
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Summer Mini-Sabbatical: Wrote proposal and received grant to study online media and to create
a new critical analysis interdisciplinary course: “Weaving the Web: Cyber culture and Society.”
Co-produced, documentary with students: “Community Service, Community Spirit,”
Documentary screened at NE Women in Film and Video Film Festival
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“Profiles in Diversity” Project: Produced series of video profiles by, with and about students.
Project presented at Eastern Education Association Conference
Liz Walker: “The Power of the Media:- Co-produced video short with students about WBZ-TV
newscaster, Liz Walker
SERVICE TO PINE MANOR COLLEGE
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Supervised PMC Student Media Festival featuring narrative and documentary films
Organized Communication Program Nicholson Lecture series featuring PBS producer of “Eyes
on the Prize” documentary film series Callie Crossley and Liz Walker, former WBZ-TV anchor
and reporter
Worked cooperatively with Communication faculty on Program Writing Initiative, cited by Dean
as model for college writing.
Planned and organized “Life in the Fast Lane: Women Working in the Film and Broadcasting” a
panel discussion with professionals in the field and a “Career Roundtable in Media”
Member: Diversity Committee, Library Advisory Committee, Community Service Committee,
Faculty Steering Committee, Library Committee, Faculty Development Committee, and NEASC
Publications Committee
VISITING PROFESSOR
EMERSON COLLEGE, Boston, MA-Served as Full Time Lecturer in Mass Communication Department.
Taught and mentored graduate and undergraduate students
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Courses taught: Documentary Production; Video Field production; Public Affairs Video field and
studio production; Writing for Broadcast; Independent Study in International Role of Media and
Advisor to graduate students for Graduate Comprehensive Exams and Film/Video Projects
All College Service: Open House for prospective undergraduates and Open House for prospective
graduate students
Divisional Service: AP/RTNDA/Emerson College Regional Convention Coordinating Committee
and Committee on Graduate/ Undergraduate Education
OTHER ADJUNCT PROFESOR POSITIONS
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, Boston, MA-Taught Video Field
Production/reporting
EMERSON COLLEGE, Boston, MA- Taught undergraduate and graduate students:
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Television Public Affairs; Broadcast Writing and Graduate Radio Production Labs, WERS-FM
Radio (supervisor)
PROFESSIONAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, New Hampshire Public Television, Durham, New Hampshire, a local
affiliate of the Public Broadcasting System/PBS
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Managed and led production team in the development, writing and producing of statewide
broadcast TV newsmagazine and documentary productions
Wrote/Reported video segments for weekly TV newsmagazine, covering health, culture and arts
Developed and produced documentaries, including: “First in the Nation”, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting and PBS Eastern Educational Network award winning documentary about 1992
New Hampshire Primary. Program broadcast nationally on PBS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS and NEWS PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR, Gannett Broadcasting,
WLVI TV Boston, MA
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Wrote/Produced and Directed award winning documentaries
Wrote/Produced and Directed EMMY Award winning PSA Series about environmental issues
Wrote, produced and directed variety of studio and field based television programs
SPECIAL PROJECTS WLVI-TV
“Growing Up Nuclear”: one hour TV news documentary film shot on location in Hiroshima, Japan
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Conceived project, wrote proposal, and obtained grant from Japan National
Broadcasting (NHK) .
Wrote, researched, produced, and directed entire project. Program critically acclaimed and
selected for national PBS broadcast and national educational distribution
Documentary won five national awards: First Place Gabriel Award, Markets 1—25; Silver Medal,
International Film and Television Festival of New York; Silver Award, Houston International
Film and Television Festival ;Honorable Mention, National Educational Film and Television
Festival
“Child Care: Everybody’s Baby”—Three part TV news series and one hour news documentary about
child care shot on location in U.S./Sweden for WLVI-TV
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Conceived project, wrote proposal and obtained grant from Swedish Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden. .Researched, wrote, and produced one hour documentary on childcare in Sweden and
U.S.
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WLVI-TV (Continued)
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Documentary nominated for regional EMMY Award and won six national awards: First Place
Commendation Award, American Women in Radio and Television; Sidney Hillman Foundation
Journalism Prize; Gold Medal, Houston International Film and Television Festival; First Place
Media Award, National Council on Family Relations; National Organization of Women, Women
at Work Broadcast Award and First Place, Best of Gannett Award
“American Dreams”-- Conceived two part station project on immigration and produced
documentary segment broadcast on NBC White Paper Report with Tom Brokaw and video PSA
series
RADIO, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA (RTDNA) FELLOWSHIP
WRAL-TV, Channel 5, CBS Affiliate Raleigh, North Carolina, sponsored by the Radio and Television
News Director Foundation (RTNDF)
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Selected as RTNDF Fellow in nationwide competition.
Contributed to WRAL TV production including Focal Point, documentary unit and WRAL.COM,
award winning online media platform.
Attended week long orientation in Washington, D.C., sponsored by RTDNA about storytelling,
writing and ethics
FEATURED WRITER, Clarity Digital Media, national online news and information publication serving
109 markets across the U.S. with 17.5 unique monthly visitors and owned and operated by Anschultz
Publishing, Denver, Colorado (2008 to present).
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Featured online writer in five topic areas for Boston edition including Film and Culture
Contributor: On Call/CBS Boston special projects
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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New England Film.com online magazine; Transitions Abroad online magazine; Go Nomad online
magazine; Travels Through History online magazine and Everywhere online magazine
GRANTS RECEIVED
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HARVARD TRAVELERS’ CLUB- Post Graduate Research Fellowship in documentary
production
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING FELLOWSHIP
THE HOSO BUNKA FOUNDATION, JAPAN NATIONAL BROADCASTING (NHK)—
documentary film production grant to promote international understanding
THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Film Production Grant
FOUNDATION FOR SEACOAST HEALTH, Portsmouth, New Hampshire-Production Project
Grant
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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UNIVERSITY FILM AND VIDEO ASSOCIATION (UFVA)
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION (IDA)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES, (NATAS), Faculty
Fellowship Recipient
NEW ENGLAND WOMEN IN FILM AND VIDEO
RADIO TELEVISION and DIGITAL NEWS DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATION, (RTDNA),
Faculty Fellowship Recipient
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TELEVISION PROGRAM EXECUTIVES: (NATPE), Faculty
Fellowship recipient
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