Garrick Givens

Avant-garde video-maker, intermedia artist and film theorist (Givens) grew up in Farmington Hills, MI USA; born 1/3/1992. Givens is a lifelong learner of cinema who has enjoyed the arts and theatre since childhood. In middle school Givens came to terms with her gender identity but kept it a secret until early adulthood. After graduating from college she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and remains an advocate for mental health. Givens has had her films screened in the following places: Unesa International Visual Art Exhibition 2021 (Indonesia) - Tempered Unesa International Visual Art Exhibition 2021 (Indonesia) - Watercolor #3 Animac: International Animation Film Festival 2020 (Spain) - Immobile #3 Animac: International Animation Film Festival 2019 (Spain) - Immobile #2 My Mumbai International Short Film Festival 2018 (India) - Block by Block Mediawave International Art & Music Festival 2016 (Hungary) - Futility Student Cuts International Film Festival 2015 (Slovenia) - Futility Student Experimental Film Festival Binghamton 2014 (USA) - Immobile Vagrant Summer Film Festival 2014 (Belarus) - (41) Schooner Street Centrally Isolated Film Festival 2013 (USA) - (41) Schooner Street And one work has been digitally archived back in 2013; Video Hearts online gallery of the moving image - Pitted Awards include: Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Honors in Cinema; Binghamton University (2014). The Dean's List; Binghamton University (2013-2014). The Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ken Jacobs Cinema Scholarship; Binghamton University (2013). "Women of AT & T" Professional National Scholarship (2010). National Honor Society; North Farmington High School (2010). Lifeguarding Award; North Farmington High School (2008). Choir Award; North Farmington High School (2008). Economics Award; North Farminton High School (2007).