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Exsul VanHelden
Professor of Film, Video, and Theatre
Campus: Greenspring
Location: Library - 112
Phone: 443-334-2160
Email Address: evanhelden@stevenson.edu
Website: http://exsulvanhelden.sufilmvideo.org
EDUCATION
D.R.S., University of Amsterdam
My name is Exsul Van Helden. I am a native of the Netherlands, and earned my Doctorandus in Sociology from the University of Amsterdam. Early in my career I worked with and studies cultural minorities in Europe and Central and South America, while using my 35mm still camera and trying to capture life in these different cultures. Following this fieldwork, I joined the Amsterdam City Journal, a Dutch Filmcollective, where I began my first effort to address social issues with the use of film. Topics included health care centers in Amsterdam and the process of growing older.
In the U.S., I attend the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, taking classes in Film Production.
I am presently Professor of Film & Video at Stevenson University, teaching film and photography. I have also taught at Johns Hopkins University, UMBC, Towson University and Goucher College. For the last 20 years, I have worked as Director of Photography/Producer/Director. Clients have included: the National Crime Prevention Council; the Johns Hopkins School for Hygiene and Public Health; Independent Television Service; St. Paul Minnesota; the Baltimore School for the Arts and Sinai Hospital.
List of some of my films:
- Our Children with Down Syndrome, a documentary that portrays the experience of parents of Down Syndrome children. Distributor: Milnick Fenwick. Award Superfest L.A.
- Locust Point, a dramatized documentary about immigration from Europe to U.S.A. via Baltimore around 1900. Cinematographer. Seen on National Public Television. (Trailer)
- Students Mobilized Against Drugs, educational video for Adolescents.
- When Cultures Meet, IN FIVE SENSES, seven programs focusing on what people from different cultures share. For cable television.
- Around the Studio, a documentary about the French painter, Gerard Sighicelli (filmed in the South of France). Cinematographer. (Trailer)
- Johns Hopkins Shock Trauma, a documentary about the Trauma Service for Children. ITVA Award. (Trailer)
- Noh Master with American Students, Introduction of the Japanese Theatre to students of the School of the Arts. The film focuses on how performers and students find tools to communicate. For the Baltimore Kawasaki Cultural Exchange Program.
- Women Between Worlds, a thirty minute documentary concerning the challenges faced by women who have immigrated to the U.S. and find themselves between cultures. In English and Spanish. (More Information)
- Circus Flora (in progress), a movie the presents a slice-of-life view of a community of performers - people who integrate their personal goals (artistic, economic, etc.) with those of the working circus community. Producer/Cinematographer. (More Information)
Additional Film Credits:
- Homeless, a documentary about the homeless in Patterson Park, Baltimore.
- Before Our Silence, dance piece
- Invisible Cities, dance piece
- Portrait of Hero, programs about AIDS prevention
- Expressions, promotional piece for The Baltimore School for the Arts
- Care of the Terminally Ill and Nursing Home Mental Health Services, how to take care of our aging population
- Workshop - Child Survival Support Program, the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Institute for International Programs/PVO Child Survival Support Program
- Woo Doo Brown, music video
- A Breath of Fresh Air, Dale Stein's One Woman Show; Theatre Project
- Writing Skills Revision Strategies, Focusing on the writing skills of students from the Baltimore public schools
- Perfect Combination, music video
- Cubic Feet, music video
- The Making of the Three Sisters, The documentary introduces viewers to the classic form of Russian Theatre. Viewers are stimulated further by performance scenes to look through the characters to the essence of the play where dreams and disappointments common to us all reside. University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
- Soccer Camp, promotional piece for soccer in the U.S.A.
- Diagnostic Center, promotional documentary for the diagnostic center in Frederick, Maryland
- Kiteloft, Promotional documentary about Summerfest in Ocean City, Maryland
- Ryhill Farm, promotional documentary about horses at the Ryhill Farm
- The Hunger, music video
- The Care, promotional documentary for the Health Care Strategies, Inc.
- Senator Yachts, promotional documentary for Senator Yachts
- An Interview with Paul Taylor, documentary about choreographer and dancer Paul Taylor. This film has been incorporated in the film collection of UMBC.
- Pets on Wheels, a documentary illustrating the therapeutic value of pets for nursing homes
- Meals on Wheels, a documentary about Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc.
- A Conspiracy of Silence: Helping the Patient Live with Terminal Illness, informational video
- Learning From Each Other: Child Survival Workshops: A Video to Introduce Child Survival Workshops to Health Workers and Donors
Books:
- Symbiote, Photographer. 2007.
- Werkstuk over kinderbewaarplaatsen (kresjes). Amsterdam. 1971.
For my Fine Arts Photography, view my photography.
My photos have been shown at:
- Villa Julie College's Gallery
- The Creative Alliance
- Catonsville Community College
- A fundraising show for Kosovo
- Artscape, Town Hall, Baltimore
- The Heart Gallery, Maryland
- The Resurgam Gallery
- The Ahisma Gallery
At the moment I am working on:
- Interdiscipline Project, focusing on "The Human Face." (Artists in drawing, video, poetry and photography are working together on this project).
- Photobook, with Fine Arts Photography by me and Poems inspired by my photos by D. Kriebel.
- A movie on the "Tolerance" of the Netherlands in the last 30 years.
- A movie about books, magazines and the internet.
- A follow up on the movie Women Between Worlds. (For part 2 we will interview the women in part 1. The focus will be on what happened to them over the last 5 years).
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