Mike Correll
Mike Correll, along with his wife Joy Correll, is a full-time RV journalist and photographer; Correll is also a reborn Christian artist, inventor, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and published author. His newest release, Abandoned Sulphur, Louisiana (2022), takes his audience on a photographic tour of abandoned locations in southwest Louisiana. Correll completed his filmmaking degree at Western Washington University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts.
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Curriculum Vitae
1998: Accepted as a “Pre Art Major” at Western Washington University, directly out of High School
2000: Began pioneering a custom, multidisciplinary degree at Fairhaven College titled “Imaginative Moviemaking: Screenwriting, Video Production, and Fine Art”
2002: Graduated with a B.A. from Fairhaven College at Western Washington University
2002: Awarded “Best Feature Documentary” at the Projections Film Festival for “The Many Faces of Homelessness”; preview: https://youtu.be/pA1XuxnYBdU
2002: Awarded “Best Animation” at the Projections Film Festival for “Labyrinth of Penumbra”: https://youtu.be/jvacWySv5pU
2003: Interned with EVR Films on a feature 35mm production, “The Immortality Machine”; behind-the-scenes featurette (directed by Corell): https://youtu.be/WtbNs118BKQ
2004: Produced and directed three television commercials, which aired on local and cable television: “Endless Summer 2”, “Christos Club”, and “Stephanie’s Fine Dining”: https://youtu.be/7L5AMOyUqGQ
2012: Successfully funded the production of his documentary “Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters” via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072179983/i-like-to-paint-monsters
2014: Successfully funded post-production of his documentary “Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters” via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072179983/i-like-to-paint-monsters-post-production-and-film
2014: Short story “The Gamble” published by loBURN Magazine: https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/771951?__r=514179 - later released as a fully scored, audio version: https://m.soundcloud.com/nrgcreations/the-gamble
2015: “Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters" debuts at the Paradise Artist Retreat in New Mexico, is awarded an “Honorable Mention” at the Santa Monica Independent Film Festival, the “Guerrilla Marketing” Award at the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience, and screened as part of the retrospective series at the Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4132230/?ref_=fn_al_tt_0
2015: “Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters” reviewed by Clive Barker who called it, "An inspiring and important film…”
2015: Sculptural artwork on exhibit at the “Conjoined” group show at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica
2016: “Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters” released and distributed by First Run Features on iTunes and DVD: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/chet-zar-i-like-to-paint-monsters/id1086242801
2016: Freelance Writer for the book “DY5TOPIA: A Field Guide to the Dark Universe of Chet Zar”: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2119895167/dy5topia-a-field-guide-to-the-dark-universe-of-che
2016: Sculptural artwork on exhibit at the “Conjoined” group show at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica
2017: Successfully funded his invention and card game “MYSTERIAN” via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072179983/mysterion-all-in-one-oracle-and-card-playing-game
2017: Freelance Writer for Tattoo Master Magazine writing their Culture section, samples:
http://www.tattoomaster.com/issue-37
http://www.tattoomaster.com/issue-36
http://www.tattoomaster.com/issue-35
http://www.tattoomaster.com/issue-34
2017: Two-dimensional artwork on exhibit at the “Conjoined” group show at Copro Gallery
2017-18: Co-founded the Dark Art Society with Chet Zar, and co-hosted the Dark Art Society Podcast for eighty-nine sequential episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-art-society-podcast/id1215146981
2019: Began living and documenting full-time RV life for paying subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/NewArchaicRevival & http://patreon.com/EmailsFromInfinity
2022: "Abandoned Sulphur, Louisiana" Photobook is released by Font Hil Media and Arcadia Publishing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60114349-abandoned-sulphur-louisiana
2022: "DY5TOPIA: A Field Guide to the Dark Universe of Chet Zar" is released after five years in production: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60739398-dy5topia
2022: "Chet Zar: I Like to Paint Monsters" is released on Tubi: http://tubitv.com/.../chet-zar-i-like-to-paint-monsters
2023: "The New Archaic Revival Podcast" launched: https://anchor.fm/newarchaicrevival