Bio
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Theresa Wingert is a director of commercials,
music videos and short films.
An accomplished printmaker, photographer and
filmmaker, Wingert has built a career as a visual
storyteller. A multi-media artist with a taste for the
sensory experience, she specializes in short-form,
emotionally-driven media projects; steadily fusing
ideas, images, movement and experience. Old
meets new, masuline meets feminine, her work is
intuitively crafted with warmth and immediacy.
As a film director, she is a loyal believer
in the power of poetry and the visual image, and
engages her entire being into projects large and
small. You will find her working methodically in
quiet pursuit of visceral connection and moments
full of soul.
Interview
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What is your current obsession?
White pepper and browned butter.
What are you listening to right now?
The birds outside the window. And Juana Molina.
What is your current guilty pleasure?
Leisure time.
Do you have a recent artistic inspiration?
I'm currently fascinated with teenagers.
What three words would you use to describe yourself?
Let's make lemonade.
What qualities do you most value?
Authenicity, curiosity, patience and grace.
What was the last thing you bought?
A pound of Stumptown coffee.
Favorite vacation spot?
A road trip with the windows down.
What are you reading right now?
The New York Times.
What is your idea of a modern luxury?
To sit down and write a letter on cotton paper with indigo ink and a fountain pen.
Wait - hold on - I'd like to answer that question again...
What is your idea of a modern luxury?
The US Postal System! The fact that you can send a handwritten letter on cotton paper to someone across the country and it will actually be delivered to their door for only 44 cents!
What's for dinner?
Tortilla soup.
Do you have a current mantra?
Peace-power.
Do you have a favorite treasure?
My mom's 70's vintage backgammon set.
What is your motto?
Do your best and don't worry.
Where are you planning to travel next?
Right now, I'm taking one day at a time.
CV
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Born in Seattle
A fine artist
BFA in printmaking
Creating works on paper
Intaglio and monoprints in her studio
Exhibitions
Work resides in corporate and private collections
Wanderlust
Discovers working outside the studio
World travel on assignment
Creative Director and Photographer
Capturing moments with still cameras
Exotic location inspiration
Adventure insight fuel informs fine art themes
Irresistible desire to explore moving images
Starts directing
Motion-picture visual stories
Commercial clients
2000: Wingert launches a branding film-production company
Mineral Inc.
Offices in Seattle, San Francisco and New York City
Developing and directing projects
Interactive short films to broadcast commercials
2004: Wingert opens a Los Angeles office
California ocean air
Directing commercial media for big-chip clients
Proctor&Gamble, Hyundai, LG, Philips, Showtime, Time Warner, etc.
Expands into narrative storytelling
Directs a series of short films
2009: Creativity continuous
Branded content films and music videos
Wins awards, etc.
More international exploration
Nairobi, Kenya; Marfa, Texas
Sharpening the senses
Bank commercial in Singapore
Car commercial in the Canary Islands
Photography project in Argentina
2010: Wingert keeps her arms around the art world
Boardmember of performance art organization On The Boards
Carves out time to work in her printmaking studio
Fine art pursuits and gallery shows
Directing web films and content in addition to commercials
Shooting in coal mines and fly-fishing creeks
Explores crumbling abandoned buildings
Sunrises with fishermen on lobster boats
Shooting photographs in the icy winter desert
Collects vintage camera lenses
Resides near the beach in sunny Los Angeles
Encouraged by her 93-year-old grandmother, a woman sharp and strong
Wingert intends to keep moving forward
Staying inspired
Without slowing down.
