From October 26-28, Baltimore-based filmmaker Albert Birney will visit campus and various FMI classes to discuss his successful independent film career.
On Monday, October 26, at 7pm (with a 6pm reception in the SoD Lobby first), Birney will screen his most recent film, OBEX, followed by a Q&A.
Albert Birney is a Baltimore based filmmaker. He has directed six feature films, “The Beast Pageant” (co-directed with Jon Moses), “Sylvio” and “Strawberry Mansion” (both co-directed with Kentucker Audley), “Tux and Fanny,” “Eyeballs in the Darkness” and “OBEX.” “Sylvio” was named one of the ten-best films of 2017 by The New Yorker. His films have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, the Maryland Film Festival, Slamdance and the Ottawa International Animation Festival. In 2021 he released a Tux and Fanny video game that he made with Gabriel Koenig.
Poster designed by Graphic Design majors Sarah Lieber and Nisa Sillence.