About
I am a filmmaker and researcher whose practice explores modes of engagement with non-human animal worlds and investigates the limits of the visible. My current work is focused on the visual representation of marine animals as creatures often regarded as distant in location, embodiment, and subjective capacities, yet deeply intertwined with--and impacted by--humans. In contrast to the distancing effect of forms of visual media that establish animals as objects of knowledge or entertainment for human subjects, I am interested in the ways in which experimental filmmaking techniques can disrupt anthropocentrism and enable watery ways of being to emerge.
I am currently pursuing a practice-based PhD in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London. Prior to returning to university to study film, I worked in leadership roles in museums in New York City. Originally from west Texas, I am now based out of London.
Contact
shelby.prichard@gmail.com
Education
PhD Candidate, Film Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK, 2022-Present
MA Film Studies (Distinction), Queen Mary University of London, UK, 2019-2020
BA English (Cum Laude), Duke University, North Carolina, USA 2003-2007
Awards
London Arts and Humanities Partnership Fully-Funded PhD Studentship, 2022-Present
MA in Film Studies Prize for Outstanding Achievement, QMUL, 2020
Professional and Volunteer Experience
Queen Mary University of London, Teaching Fellow for Production Skills (Fall 2024); Teaching Associate for Documentary Film Theory and Practice (Spring 2023, Fall 2023) and Forms of Film Practice (Fall 2023)
East London Experimental Film Club, Founder and Programmer, 2024-present
Deptford Cinema, UK, Volunteer and Programmer, 2019-2021
BFI Young Curators Lab, UK, 2020
London East Asia Film Festival, UK, Volunteer, 2019
Growing Communities, UK, Vegetable Scheme Support and Volunteer, 2019-2021
5th Floor Theatre, New York, NY, Founding Chair of Board of Directors, 2016-2019
SPYSCAPE Spy Museum, New York, NY, Chief of Staff, 2017-2018
National September 11 Memorial and Museum, New York, NY, Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, 2013-2017
New York City Mayor’s Office, New York, NY, Policy Advisor, Mayor’s Office of Operations; Assistant Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Operations, 2010-2013