Degrees

M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design

Teaching Interests

Drawing I
Screenwriting
Film Production I
Video Production I
Film Production II

Performances

Sundance 2004/05/08/09, Rotterdam 2004/06/08, Munich, Viennale, AFI, MoMA, Edinburgh, Leeds, Galway, Newport (Narrative Grand Prize), SxSW (Grand Jury Prize), Ljubljana, Istanbul, Krakow, Mar del Plata, BAFICI, CineVegas, Milano, Stockholm and others...

Selected Publications, Creative Work, or Performances

http://burnbarrelfilms.com
http://www.selfreliantfilm.com/?p=119
http://www.coolidge.org/balagan/war_jake.html
http://creative-capital.org/grantees/view/108/project:89
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936075.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
http://mediaartists.org/content.php?sec=artist⊂=detail&artist_id=757
http://www.indiewire.com/article/sxsw_08_interview_wellness_director_jake_mahaffy/
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/cinefoundation/ficheFilmAtelier/id/10887515/year/2009.html

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/14/for_independent_filmmaker_the_rewards_are_personal/

Student Projects

http://www.youtube.com/user/WheatonFilm

Recent Guests:

Richard Linklater, Werner Herzog, Dennis Hopper, Peter Hutton, Alexander Payne, Robert & Shana Parke-Harrison, Godfrey Reggio, Jem Cohen, Sam Green, Kelly Reichardt, Andrew Bujalski, Mike Plante, Jackie Goss, Brent Green, Lech Majewski, Mike S. Ryan, Joan Darling, Braden King, Pinckney Benedict, Bobcat Goldthwait and others...