Marc Wiskemann joined the Cinema Department in 2003 and has regularly taught all of the core production courses in the department: Elementary Cinema Production (CINE 221), Intermediate Cinema Production (CINE 230), Advanced Cinema Production (CINE 360), Cinema Workshop (CINE 450), and Screenwriting (CINE 202). An independent filmmaker whose areas of expertise are directing, cinematography, and editing, he has also designed and taught specialized courses in directing, cinematography, prop making, feature filmmaking, editing, feature screenwriting, and other advanced production techniques.
Professor Wiskemann holds an undergraduate film degree from the University of Texas and an MFA from Florida State University’s Graduate Film Conservatory, where he shot, edited, and sound-designed capstone thesis films, one of which was nominated for a Student Academy Award. Since 1996, he has directed, shot, or edited nine feature films and numerous award-winning short projects that have screened at film festivals around the world.
Learning & Teaching
Core Courses
- Elementary Cinema Production (CINE219/221)
- Intermediate Cinema Production (CINE230/310)
- Advanced Cinema Production (CINE360/410)
- Cinema Techno-Aesthetics (CINE417)
- Cinema Workshop (CINE419/450)
- Screenwriting (CINE202/328)
Junior/Senior Production Seminars
- Advanced Lighting Techniques (CINE312)
- Creating Compelling Cinema (CINE407)
- Feature Film Production: Deliria (CINE407)
- Mastering Mise-en-scene (CINE407)
- Truth at 24 Frames per Second [Directing Actors] (CINE407)
- Fundamentals of Feature Filmmaking (CINE407)
- Suspension of Disbelief [Worldbuilding & Prop Design] (CINE407)
- Advanced Production Techniques (CINE407)
Directed Study Courses
- Cinematography
- 3D Film Composition: Constructing Alternative Realities in Cinema
- Aristotelian Story Structure
- The Writer’s Journey
- Previsualization and Design
Research
An award-winning director and cinematographer, Professor Wiskemann has worked professionally in film production since 1991. His work has screened at over a hundred film festivals around the world, and he has been the recipient of more than a dozen awards for his filmmaking.