Kersti Grunditz Brennan

Dr. Kersti Grunditz Brennan is professor of audiovisual art at LUCA School of Arts/KU Leuven. She has explored film form in documentary and fiction live action, short and long formats, narrative cinema, archival based stories, essays and experimental hybrids for the past 20 years; for cinema, other art contexts, through research and education. She holds a PhD in Performative and media based practices, an MFA in choreography, is an established film editor of several award-winning documentaries and has directed documentaries about prominent Scandinavian artists and the festival touring, award winning film The Man Behind the Throne; about Michael Jackson’s choreographer Vincent Paterson; sold to 15 countries. In 2017, she was nominated for Best Editing and Best Screenplay at Swedish film awards (Guldbaggen) and for Best documentary at Swedish TV awards (Kristallen) for the feature documentary Citizen Schein, which she edited and co-wrote. She takes on many different creative and educational roles in film processes ranging from movies, TV, art exhibits and stage performances to workshops, research expositions, conference presentations and academic writing.

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