Terri Sarris

Terri Sarris teaches media production at the University of Michigan. Her short experimental films have screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 2017 (Circular and Clowning Around), 2016, (Drive In and Our Last Hurrah) and 2015 (Ziegler). Her film Buzzards Steal Your Picnic was awarded "Best Michigan Film" at both the 2008 AAFF and 2007 Detroit International Documentary Festival. Along with former student Sultan Sharrief, Sarris developed the "EFEX Project." Their film Bilal's Stand, was one of eight films selected for the NEXT category at the Sundance Film Festival (2010), was awarded a "Crystal Heart" Award at the Heartland Film Festival (2011), and has screened widely at festivals and in connection with outreach events centered on media and higher education. In 2016/17, Sarris worked with visiting direct cinema filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda, faculty colleague and Japanese film scholar Markus Nornes, and 13 UM students to produce and direct the feature documentary, "The Big House," a direct cinema look at UM's Michigan Stadium.