Faculty research profiles
Tim Sorel
Summary
Professor Timothy Sorel is a documentary and feature-film director as well as a director of photography. Sorel’s work is an eclectic mix of human rights issues and stories of the human spirit, as well as historical documentaries. He produced and directed Women, Children and AIDS which aired on PBS. Sorel was nominated for a 2006 regional EMMY for Gridiron Gators: One Hundred Years of Florida Football a documentary distributed by Warner Brothers. More recently, he was the director of photography for James Babanikos’ Somewhere Beyond, a feature length drama shot in Gainesville. Currently, Sorel is working on the film Genocide Forgotten, a look into the controversy surrounding the genocide in Cambodia and the countries unwillingness to teach its children about one the world’s most awful mass killings. Rotary International recently named Sorel a Paul Harris Fellow for his human rights film work in Cambodia.
Partial list of professional credits:
Women, Children and AIDS (PBS-WGBH) NCAA College Hockey Championships (ESPN) Stephen King: 25 Years in the Dark (A&E) Studio segments for Storm of the Century (ABC) DVD special features for The Stand (Dino DeLaurentis)
42-1-1 University of Maine NCAA Hockey Championships (DVD)
Florida Football with Urban Meyer (Sun Sports) Florida Basketball with Billy Donovan (Sun Sports) Challenge Day (IND) Grandmothers Project (University of Florida)
Gridiron Gators (Warner Brothers) National Champions: The Story of the 2006 Florida Gators (Hart Sharp) Back2Back: Florida Gators Repeat as National Champions (Hart Sharp) Sustainable Cambodia (IND) Reading Safari: Literacy project (IND)
Organizations:
Broadcast Education Association
Rotary International
Keywords
Film, video, HD, documentary, feature film, Final Cut Pro, Post-Production, After Effects
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