Bruce Hutchinson, Ph.D.
Professor of Film, Film Program Coordinator
Stanley Russ Hall 202C
Teaching Specialties & Areas of Interest :
Screenwriting, Narrative Theory, Directing
Ph.D., Film Studies, The University of Kansas, Lawrence (1998)
M.A., Film Studies, The University of Kansas, Lawrence (1995)
B.A., Communication, The American University (1993)
B.A., Literature, The American University (1993)
Bruce is the coordinator of the Film Program and a Professor of Film. He has taught a wide range of classes over the years, but primarily focuses on screenwriting and directing courses. He helped start both the undergraduate and graduate Film programs. Bruce is a writer/director whose most recent movie, Mountain Flowers, recently was the Opening Night Feature at the Made in Arkansas Film Festival and won Best Audience Feature Choice Award. He has taught at UCA since 2002.
Films :
Writer/Director/Executive Producer, Mountain Flowers, 124 minutes, 2023
Festivals and Awards :
Opening Night Feature Made in Arkansas Film Festival, Winner Audience Choice Feature Film Award, Nominee Best Feature Film and Best Director
Writer/Director/Executive Producer, Overgrown, 2013
Festivals :
Little Rock Film Festival (2015)
Writer/Director/Executive Producer, Sidearoadia, 2013
Festivals :
Offshoot Film Festival (2014) Crystal Bridges Short Film Festival (2014), Little Rock Film Festival (2014), Black Hills Film Festival (2014), Capital City Film Festival (2014), Bare Bones Film Festival (2014)
Director/Executive Producer, Europa (2D/3D), 15 minutes, 2011
Festivals :
Gen Con Film Festival (2014), Intendence Film Festival (2014), Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (2014), Hyart Film Festival (2014), Snake Alley Film Festival (2014), London International Science Fiction Film Festival (Sci-Fi London) (2014), Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival (2014), Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (2014), Boston Science Fiction Film Festival (2013), Bare Bones Film Festival (2013), Crossroads Film Festival (2013)
Awards :
Honorable Mention, Boston Science Fiction Film Festival; Finalist, Best Science Fiction Film, Bare Bones Film Festival
Writer/Director/Executive Producer, Going to Hell, 15 minutes, 2010
Festivals :
Hot Springs Horror Film Festival (2013), Little Rock Horror Picture Show (2012), Offshoot Film Festival (2011), Wanderings Film Festival (2011), Sacramento Horror Film Festival (2011), Atlanta Horror Film Festival (2011), Pittsburgh Horror Film Festival (2011), Little Rock Film Festival (2011)
Writer/Director/Executive Producer, Surfacing, 30 minutes, 2009
Festivals :
Offshoot Film Festival (2010), Little Rock Film Festival (2009), Invited Screenings: Reel Women Film Festival (2012)
Publications :
“Maya Deren and the Birth of the New American Cinema.” Experimental Film: Missing Frames. Ed. Benjamin Meade. 2010.
“Understanding Character Motivation: A Process Oriented Approach to Realism.” Emotion-Empathie-Figur: Spielformen der Filmwahrnehmung. Ed. Thomas Schick and Tobias Ebbrecht. Berlin: Vistas Verlag GmbH, 2008.
“Understanding Character Motivation: A Process Oriented Approach to Realism.” Narration and Spectatorship in Moving Images. Ed. Joseph Anderson and Barbara Fisher Anderson. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, Forthcoming (January 2008).
“Report on the Center for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2006 Conference” CILECT News. Winter 2006.
“An Attentional Model of Film Viewing.” Journal of Moving Image Studies. Vol 2 (2003/2004).
Paper Presentations :
“Unbelievable Actions: Dealing with Unexpected Character Actions in the Classical Hollywood Cinema.” Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. June, 2009.
“Four Act Structure: Exceptions That Prove the Rule.” University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, Denton, TX. August 2007.
“The Filmmaking MFA in the Creative Economy” panel presentation at the University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, Orange, CA, August, 2006.
“Scene Structure in the Hollywood Arch Plot” paper presented at the University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, Orange, CA, August, 2006.
“Understanding Character Motivation: A Process Oriented Approach to Realism” paper presented at “Narration and Spectatorship in Moving Images” the 5th International Conference of the Center for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image Conference, Berlin, Germany, July, 2006.
“Mr. Maslow, Meet Anderson: Understanding Character Goals in the Hollywood Film” paper presented at the University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2005.