Tony Buba

Tony's Resume

Education
1976 MFA in Film, Ohio University
1971 BA in Psychology, Edinboro University
Honorary degree
2002 Doctor of Arts and commencement speaker, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Teaching experience
2002-05 Assistant Professor, Robert Morris University
2001 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1999-00 Visiting Professor Edinboro University
1981-99 Adjunct Associate Professor, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Inc.
1991 Visiting Professor, Ohio University School of Film
1978-79 Visiting Professor, University of Southern Illinois Film Department
Major fellowships
1991 Recipient of National Endowment For The Arts Fellowship
1989 Recipient of Rockefeller Fellowship
1985 Recipient of National Endowment For The Arts Fellowship
1985 Recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship
Additional grants and fellowships
2002 Mellon Foundation
2001 Pennsylvania Council On The Arts
2000 Pennsylvania Humanities Council
1998 Heinz Foundation
1997 Pennsylvania Council On The Arts
1996 Pittsburgh Foundation Multi-Cultural Arts Initative
1994 American Film Institute Fellowship
1993 ITVS Production Grant
1992 Pittsburgh Foundation Multi-Cultural Arts Initative
Pennsylvania Arts Council
Falk Foundation
1991 Pennsylvania Humanities Council
National Endowment For The Arts Media Grant
1990 AFI Regional Media Grant
1989 AFI Regional Media Grant
1989 Rockefeller Fellowship
1988 AFI Regional Media Grant
1987 Pennsylvania Arts Council - Special Projects Grant
TAP Grant for scriptwriting
1986 Pennsylvania Humanities Council - Distribution Grant
AFI Regional Media Grant
Creative Advancement - Travel Grant
1985 Pennsylvania Arts Council Fellowship
1983 Pennsylvania Humanities Council - Mini-Grant
1982 Falk Foundation - Completion Grant
Pennsylvania Arts Council - Fellowship
Pennsylvania Arts Council - Projects Grant
Pennsylvania Humanities Council - Media Grant
1981 Pennsylvania Arts Council - Projects Grant
1979 Southern Illinois University - Research Grant
Illinois Arts Council - Completion Grant
Awards
2003 Arts Award, International Olympic Committee, Matera, Italy
2002 Outstanding Alumni, Edinboro University
2000 Named Honorary Citizen of Tursi, Italy
1999 Silver Baton Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
1998 Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
1996 Harry Schwab Excellence in the Arts Award, Pittsburgh Magazine/WQED, Pittsburgh
1996 Advocacy & Awareness Award, United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh for Directing & producing Small Differences
1996 Outstanding Service to Braddock Community, Resurrection Baptist Church
1993 Medal of Merit - Outstanding Alumni Award, Ohio University
1991 Art Achievement Award - Outstanding Alumni, Edinboro, University
1989 Homenagem da Camara Municipal da Figueira da Foz, Figueira Da Foz, Portugal
1988 Meritorious Achievement Award, Turtle Creek Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center
1985 Hazlett Award, Pennsylvania Media Artist of the Year
Relevant information
J. Roy- New & Used Furniture released on DVD with Glengarry Glen Ross in 2003
Interviewed on new DVD release of Dawn of the Dead - 2004
Feature film credits include work performed on George Romero's Day of the Dead, Knightriders, Dawn of the Dead, and Martin
National Public Radio (NPR) program credits:
All Things Considered (Weekend Edition) - "Rustbelt Blues", 30 minutes, narrator
All Things Considered (Weekend Edition) - commentary
Received over 45 awards from various film festivals for prior films. These festivals include the American Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Athens, Sinking Creek, Three Rivers, and Great Lakes
One-person shows presented at the Museum of Modern Art (Cineprobe Series), Whitney Museum, Pacific Film Archives, Northwest Film Study Center, Film In The Cities, Appalshop, Sinking Creek, Athens, Festival of Cinema, Figueira da Foz, Portugal and 25 other sites including universities and museums
First feature-length film - Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy completed in 1988, distributed in 1989. Lightning Over Braddock was shown at the Toronto Film Festival; Sundance Film Festival; Berlin Film Festival; USA Film Festival in Dallas; Seattle Film Festival; Denver Film Festival; Virginia Film Festival; Figueira da Foz in Portugal; Birmingham Film Festival in England. In Birmingham the film was awarded best of the festival. In addition to film festivals Lightning played in theaters, museums and universities around the country and aired nationally on the BRAVO cable network. Lightning was nominated by Independent Feature Project West for best first feature film
No Pets screened at London International Film Festival in 1994 and Festival de International Cinema, Figueira da Foz, Portugal in 1995
Struggles In Steel: A Story of African-American Steelworkers completed in January 1996 was shown at Sundance Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema and Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, AspenFest, FESPACO -Burkina Faso
Recipient of numerous regional and state arts council grants in previous years including three Pennsylvania Humanities Council Project Grants
Pennsylvania Council On The Arts - Media Arts Panelist
Personal filmography
2004 Expressway, Through My Heart (In Progress)
Conversations On A Bus (In progress)
Italy Trip (In progress)
Early Childhood Initiative (In progress)
2000 ECI (color, 15min)
1998 Fade Out (b&w, 9.6min)
1997 Stay In Control (color,4 min. Music Video)
1996 Struggles In Steel (color, b&w, 86 min
1995 Small Differences (video, color, 20 min.)
1994 No Pets (color, 80 min.)
1988 Lightning Over Braddock (color, 80 min.)
1985 Braddock Food Bank (color, 5 min., silent)
Birthday Party (color, 5 min.)
1983 Voices from a Steeltown (color, 28 min.)
Peabody and Friends (b&w, 7 min.)
1981 Mill Hunk Herald (color, b&w, 13 min.)
1980 Washing Walls with Mrs. G. (b&w, 6 min.)
Home Movies (color, 3 min. silent)
Homage to a Milltown (color, 3 min.)
1979 Sweet Sal (b&w, 25 min.)
1976 Betty's Corner Cafe (b&w, 11 min.)
1975 Shutdown (b&w, 12 min.)
1974 J.Roy - New & Used Furniture (b&w, 10 min.)
1973 Thoughts (b&w, 3 min.)
To My Family (b&w, 3 min.)
1972 Free Film Today (color, 13 min.)
Selected screenings
Struggles In Steel: A Story of African-American Steelworkers
2003 Human Rights Watch Film Festival; Bologna, Italy
2002 Brown University; Providence, RI
1997 FESPACO; Burkina Faso, West Africa
1997 Black Maria Film Festival
1997 Athens International Film Festival; Athens, OH
1996 Sundance Film Festival; Park City, UT
1996 Philadelphia Festival; Philadelphia, PA
World Cinema
1996 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival; Lincoln Center, NY
1996 AspenFest; Aspen, CO
No Pets
1995 Columbus Film Festival; Columbus, OH
1995 Neighborhood Film Project; Philadelphia, PA
1995 Fiqueira da Foz Portugal
1994 London International Film Festival; London, England
Other film screenings
1992 Whitney Museum; New York, NY
Vassar College; Poughkeepsie, NY
1991 Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
1990 University Film & Video Association; Ithaca, NY
Penn State University; State College, PA
1989 University of Notre Dame; South Bend, IN
Sundance Film Festival; Park City, UT
Berlin Film Festival; Berlin
Cork International Film Festival; Cork, Ireland
Birmingham International Film Festival; Birmingham, England
Hirshhorn Museum; Washington, DC
Figueira da Foz Portugal
1988 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Toronto International Film Festival; Toronto
1987 Sinking Creek Film Festival; Nashville, TN
Webster University; St. Louis, MO
1986 Pacific Film Archives; Berkeley, CA
Big Muddy Film Festival; Carbondale, IL
Webster University; St. Louis, MO
1985 Museum of Modern Art; New York, NY
Neighborhood Film Project; Philadelphia, PA
Bucks County Film Festival; Bucks County, PA
Cincinnati Museum; Cincinnati, OH
1984 Ann Arbor Film Festival; Ann Arbor, MI
University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC
North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
Appalshop; Whitesburg, KY
Contemporary Arts Center; New Orleans, LA
Southwestern College; Memphis, TN
Utah Media Center; Salt Lake City, UT
Northwest Film Study Center; Portland, OR
LaRoche College; North Hills, PA
Edinboro University; Edinboro, PA
1983 City Movie Center; Kansas City, MO
Chinsequt Film Festival; Tampa, FL
Pittsburgh Filmmakers; Pittsburgh, PA
1982 Kent State University; Kent, OH
Athens Film Festival; Athens, OH
1981 Film In The Cities; Minneapolis, MN
1980 Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA
Ohio State; Columbus, OH
University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA
1979 Rend Lake College; Rend Lake, IL
Selected awards
1999 Fade Out, Juror's Award, Black Maria Film Festival
1997 Struggles In Steel, Juror's Citation Award, Black Maria Festival
1996 Struggles In Steel, Merit Award, Sinking Creek Festival
1996 Struggles In Steel, Merit Award, Black Prog. Festival
1996 Small Differences, Silver Apple, National Education Film Festival
1996 Small Differences, Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival
1995 No Pets, Honorable Mention, Columbus Film Festival
1989 Lightning Over Braddock, Best Film, Birmingham Festival
1986 Braddock Food Bank, Honorable Mention, Black Maria Festival
Braddock Food Bank, Cash Award, New York EXPO
1985 Voices from a Steeltown, Red Ribbon, American Film Festival
First Place, 3 Rivers Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Marin County Festival
Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Peabody and Friends, Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Braddock Food Bank, Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Braddock Food Bank, Cash Award, Sinking Creek Festival
1984 Voices from a Steeltown, Cash Award, Sinking Creek Festival
Merit Award, Athens Film Festival
1983 Voices from a Steeltown, Cash Award Bucks County Festival
1982 Mill Hunk Herald, First Place 3 Rivers Film Festival
Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Big Muddy Film Festival
1981 Home Movies, 1st. 100' film Athens Festival
Washing Walls with Mrs. G., Cash Award Sinking Creek Festival
Cash Award, New York EXPO
Cash Award, Big Muddy Film Festival
Cash Award, 3 Rivers Film Festival
1980 Sweet Sal, First Place Great Lakes Festival
Cash Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Cash Award, New York Film Festival
1978 Betty's Corner Cafe, First Place Great Lakes Festival
1977 Betty's Corner Cafe, Juror's Award Kenyon Film Festival
Cash Award Santa Barbara Festival
Merit Award, Athens Film Festival
1975 Shutdown, Honorable Mention Penn State Festival
1974 J.Roy-New & Used Furniture, First Place Athens Film Festival
First Place, Illinois Film Festival
First Place, Penn State Festival
Cash Award, Bellevue Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Refocus Film Festival
1973 Thoughts selected to tour Japan with other student films.
Juror
2003 Pre-Screener duPont Awards, Columbia University
2003 Pro Arts Foundation
2003 Pittsburgh Filmmakers Emerging Artists Panel
2001 Pro Arts Foundation
2000 Pre-Screener duPont Awards, Columbia University
1997 Prized Pieces Film & Video Awards
1994 Penn State Student Film Awards
1994 Pittsburgh Filmmakers Emerging Artists Panel
1991-93 Pennsylvania Council On The Arts
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Emerging Artists Panel
1990 Bucks County Film Festival
1989 Three Rivers Film Festival
1988 IMAGE Atlanta Film Festival
1987 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Panel
1986 Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Panel
Big Muddy Film Festival
1985 Athens Film Festival
Southeast Regional NEA-AFI Media Grants
1984 Ann Arbor Film Festival
1982 Athens Film Festival
Feature film credits
1996 Director, Producer, Editor, Struggles In Steel
1994 Director, Producer, Editor, No Pets
1988 Director, Producer, Editor, Lightning Over Braddock
1984/85 Sound Transfers - Day of the Dead
1981 Assistant Editor - Knightriders
1978 Soundperson - Dawn of the Dead
1976 Soundperson - Martin Video Credits
1976-94 Worked on hundreds of corporate and industrial videos plus numerous programs that aired on PBS.
Selected panels and presentations
2004 Learning Conference - Havana, Cuba
2004 University Film & Video Association
2004 Writer's Conference- University of North Dakota
2003 University of Pittsburgh - Panel - To Kill A Mockingbird
2002 Penn State University - UDC Conference - featured presenter
2001 Working Class Images - Youngstown State - No Pets
2001 Power of the Pen Writing Workshop
1999 Working Class Images - Youngstown State - Video Installation
1997 Power of the Pen Writing Workshop
1997 Working Class Images - Youngstown State - Struggles In Steel
1996 Rethinking Marxism - Struggles In Steel
1996 Power of the Pen Writing Workshop
1996 North American Labor History Conference
1996 Rebuilding Communities Conference
1996 Presented No Pets at University Film & Video Conference
1995 American Studies Association - Regional Filmmaking Panel
1995 Associated Writing Program - Scriptwriting Panel
1995 Pennsylvania Historical Association - Evening Address
1992 Association of Oral Historians - Documentary Presentation
1991 Rethinking Marxism - Documentary Presentation
1991 Ann Arbor Film Festival - Censorship Panel
1990 University Film and Video Association - Post-Modern Documentary
1989 Flaherty Film Seminar - Lead film for the seminar
Administrative experience
1992-present President - Braddock Films Inc
1996-1999 Braddock City Council, Council Member
1992-1996 Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Inc., Board Member
1988 Interim Executive Director - Pittsburgh Filmmakers
1984-1990 Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Inc., President of the Board (1987-1988)
Professional memberships
University Film and Video Association
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Inc.
Board memberships
Braddock City Council (1996-1999)
Salvation Army, Braddock Chapter (1991-1994)
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Inc. Presently on the Board. Also served (1984-1988, 1989-1990) President of the Board (1987-1988)
Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR (1987-1991)
Zoning Hearing Board, Braddock, PA (1991-1994)
Selected books that discuss my work
Sound Theory/Sound Practice, Rick Altman, ed. New York: Routledge, Chapman, and Hall, 1992
The Autobiographical Documentary in America, Jim Lane, Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography, 2002
Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: An Organized Guide to Films About Labor, Tom Zaniello, 2004
Selected reviews, interviews and articles about my work
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Articles by Salvatore Verde published in La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
Reviews of Struggles In Steel appeared in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The Independent, Aspen Times, Philadelphia Enquirer, Variety
Reviews of No Pets appeared in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune, Time Out Magazine - London, Variety - 1994
"Grains of Salt", In Pittsburgh, August 6, 1992
"Filmfesztival Figueira da Fozban", Magyar Hirlap (Budapest), September 21, 1989
"Illuminations", American Film, June 1989
"A Quintessence of Rust", The Economist, May 13, 1989
"Fresh Air" - National Public Radio - May 1989
"A May Day Curiosity From Braddock, PA", Ottawa Citizen, April 29, 1989
"Lightning Over Braddock", Dallas Times Herald, April 7, 1989
"Festival Hits Aesthetic and Emotional High", Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 2, 1989
"Tony Buba's Steel Town Saga", The Washington Post, March 27, 1989
"Ode To A Rusty Steel Town", The Globe and Mail (Toronto), March 17, 1989
"Choices", Village Voice, March 13, 1989
"Festival dei Popoli", La Gazetta di Firenze (Italy), March 8, 1989
"Boswell of the Rustbelt", The New York Times, March 8, 1989
"Chronicles of A Town's Decline", New York Post, March 8, 1989
"Lightning Over Braddock' Sings the Steel City Blues", New York Tribune, March 8, 1989
"Rustbowl Revisited", New York Newsday, March 8, 1989
"Lightning Over Braddock", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 1989
"The Toronto Connection", The LA Weekly, September 30, 1988
"Buba Boosts Braddock", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 10, 1988
"Vivid Portraits of a Mill Town", St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 16, 1986
"Memories of Overdevelopment", American Film, October, 1985
"Artists Record the Death of the Mill's Way of Life", The New York Times, July 1, 1985
"One Filmmaker Finds Scripts in Hometown", The Oregonian, May 16, 1984
"Shoestring Movie Producer Will Visit Salt Lake Media Center", Desert News, May 8, 1984