About Kent Ayyildiz
It was over ten years ago when I first felt the winds of
the ensuing digital revolution and the seeds of MoonStar Films
were sprouted. I was working on my Masters in Turkish History
in Istanbul and while looking out over the Bosphorus, I realized
the power of the digital revolution in its capacity to teach
visually in new ways and formats. So, I completed my Masters
and set about achieving my Masters in Fine Arts in Film and
Video production at Columbia College of Chicago.
Throughout my graduate school days I worked within the industry
and in education. Perhaps most inspiring were my days working
at the Center for New Television with Dr. Denise Zaccardi
and Judy Hoffman, whose mentorship further instilled my desire
to create MoonStar Films. Now, after years of training, experience,
and sweat, MoonStar Films has arrived.
Patrick Cribben of 64 Magazine, writes ....
"... Ayyildiz began to see film as a viable means
for scrutinizing those corners of human experience that
now moivated his adult mind -- history, culture, and social
relationships."
Film
Article - 64 - May Issue
by Patrick Cribben
Filmography |
|
2005 Credits |
|
The Waldorf Experience. |
A MoonStar Films Production. DVD 2005. |
| 2004
Credits |
THE LAWN |
A MoonStar Films Production. |
SPACES |
A MoonStar Films Production. |
| Beyond Waldorf |
A MoonStar Films Production DVD. 2004.
A promotional DVD for the Charlottesville Waldorf School examines
Waldorf education through the reflections of its’ alumni.
|
| Building Trust
Through Leadership |
A MoonStar Films Production DVD. 2004.
A cowboy’s philosophy on horses and life. |
| 2003
Credits |
APPEAL, A Progressive Palliative
Care Educational Curriculum for the Care of African Americans
at Life’s End DVD. |
Producer, 2nd Camera, Gaffer and Sound technician. |
| 2002
Credits |
| The National
Bioethics Center
Promotional Video. |
A MoonStar Films Co-production.
Producer, Cinematographer, Editor. |
| The Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts
Promotional Video. |
A MoonStar Films Production.
Producer, director, cinematographer, editor. |
| A More Perfect
Union: The Video. |
Video companion to the cd-rom educational game.
Produced by The Center for Governmental Studies and UVA's Educational
Technologies Department. |
| 2001
Credits |
The Polyface Farm
Video. |
A MoonStar Films Production. 7/2001
Producer, director, cinematographer, editor.
Educational video about genius organic livestock farmer Joel
Salatin and his innovative farming techniques.
110 mins. |
American Parade. |
A MoonStar Films Production. 4/2001
Producer, director, cinematographer, editor.
Sixteen minute documentary reveals inauguration day 2001 through
the voices of the protestors or supporters of President G.W.
Bush.
16 mins. |
| 2000
Credits |
A More Perfect
Union. |
Government Studies Educational CD-Rom. 4/2000
Gaffer, 2nd camera unit, editing assistant.
Produced by The Center for Governmental Studies & UVA's
Educational Technologies Dept.
Interactive educational cd-rom that has students become the
mangers of a senatorial election. |
| 1999
Credits |
Conversations
on Moral Intuition. |
50 min., Educational Video. 6/99
Digital editor and media consultant.
This National Bioethics Center's project commemorates the Survivors
of the Tuskegee Experiment. |
Bankruptcy Blues. |
Educational Video for the Virginia Bar Association.
10/99
Cinematographer.
Produced by the University of Virginia's Educational Technologies
Department.
This info-narrative project will educate those who have filed
for about Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
20 min. |
Homedaddy. |
Video diary documentary. 1/94-9/99
Bronze winner at the 1999 Houston International Film Festival.
Writer, producer. director, cinematographer, editor.
The story of a stay-at-home dad's search for a new definition
of fatherhood.
28 min. |
| 1998
Credits |
Net Chase. |
Interactive FBI training cd-rom for the Department
of Justice. 10/98
Audio Technician & Gaffer.
Produced by the University of Virginia's Educational Technologies
Department. |
| 1996
Credits |
Ooopah!!!! |
Video documentary. 6/96
Writer, director, co-camera, producer.
A student documentary about the residents of Greek Town on Chicago's
famous Halsted Street.
16 min. |
| 1995
Credits |
The Commute. |
Video documentary. 10/95
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, producer.
A student documentary that observes the life of a friend who
has recently become disabled and needs assistance riding the
commuter train to Chicago's Union Station.
5 min. |
Naramuie. |
16mm Color film student documentary. 1/95-8/95
Assistant Director, second-unit camera.
Documented efforts of Oklahoma Comanche Indians to save their
language from extinction.
28 min |
| 1994
Credits |
Kahve With Adalet. |
16 mm. Student Color film. 6/94
Writer, director, art director, editor, producer.
The story of a young man who knows his departure for his home
country will be the last moment he will share with his Turkish
grandmother.
12 min. |
Shared Decisions. |
Educational video. 6/93-8/94
Assistant Director, gaffer, second-unit camera.
A multi cultural educational video concerning living wills for
Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago.
45 min. |
