David M Mulcahy

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Scholarly Contributions

Presentations

• Mulcahy, D. M. (2009, Summer). "Crossing the Lines". University Film and Video Association conference. New Orleans.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2008, Summer). Formal Response. University Film and Video Association conference. Colorado Springs.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2004, August 8, 2004). “Teaching Documentary Form; Narrative Pressures in Documentary”. University Film and Video Association Annual Conference. Toledo, Ohio.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2002, August 9, 2002). Teaching Sound; Theory and Practice. University Film/Video Association annual conference. Ithaca, NY.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2001, August 2, 2001). (Electronic) Moviemaking; Integrating Digital Technologies into a Film Production Curriculum. University Film/Video Association annual conference. Rochester, NY.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2001, August 2, 2001). Case Studies and Dreams of Perfection; Introductory Production Courses. University Film/Video Association annual conference. Rochester, NY.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2001, August 3, 2001). SECURITY CUSTODY CONTROL; The Making of a Correctional Officer. University Film/Video Association annual conference. Rochester, NY.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2001, March 10, 2001). Media Activism. 6th Annual Sex and Scholarship Symposium. UA Campus.

Reviews

• Mulcahy, D. M. (2009. Reading the Water: Lectures on Home Video Ecology from the Gulf of Maine(pp 54-56). Journal of Film and Video.

Creative Productions

• Mulcahy, D. M. (2022. A Dutiful Spouse. Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. Tucson, AZ.
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  A short horror film; be considerate with whom you quarantine.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2021. A Dutiful Spouse. Loft Film Festival. Tucson, AZ.
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  A short horror film; be considerate with whom you quarantine.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2020. Testament. TBD.
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  I was invited to submit footage to the feature length poetic documentary, "Journal of the Plague year", produced and edited by David Auerbach, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, LA-based filmmakers.Approximately 30 filmmakers were invited to submit footage; the film is in the final stages of editing, with potential distribution ranging from museum screening to PBS.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2020. Thursday, 7:30am. Internet and In-Person Presentations.
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  I was invited to participate in a compendium of videos focusing on dreams and other unconscious responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, organized by the Termite TV Collective. Other invited filmmakers shared "dreams" to be used as the basis for the creation of individual stand-alone videos that could also work as a whole.The result is a series of videos grouped under the title "Swimming Through the Clouds; dreams and videos from COVID time.” Distribution will occur beginning in March 2021.
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2019. Bleedin' Heart. Internet and Film Festivals.
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  a music video for the Jim Howell band
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2017. Cosmic Love Song #23. Internet and Film Festivals.
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  a music video for the band Louise Le Hir
• Mulcahy, D. M. (2017. Everything's Fine. Film Festivals.
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  a short fiction film.
• Mulcahy, D. M., & Beudert, P. M. (2016. Focusing the Universe. Public Television.
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  a documentary tracing the Steward Observatory from a one-telescope campus site in 1923 to the worldwide presence it encompasses today, and the significant role it has played in 20th century astronomy.

Creative Works

• Brillo Box; documentary; October; Served as sound recordist on filmmaker/faculty member Lisanne Skyler's  film, Brillo Box, tracing the artistic, personal and financial intersection of the filmmaker's family and one of Andy Warhol's iconic works of art
• February 11, 1912; March; A short film created as part of an ongoing multimedia project that presents significant moments in the University of Arizona's past in order to connect with current scholarly activity. Premiered on Feb. 12, 2012, part of "Arizonan 100; A Celebration", organized by the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
• Families; Love and Divorce; documentary; March; Hired to shoot segment footage of Tucson kids participating in a Children of Divorce workshop, for an hour-long film produced by HBO's "Family" unit.
• Airport | MOUNTAIN, parts 1-3; Experimental Video; February; Three shorts videos produced through a Hanson Film Institute Workshop; the videos are part of a larger work looking at intersections between the natural and man-made world.
• Father Daughter Dance; film; Boom operator for short film written and directed by Mark Jude Poirer
• Tombstone Rashomon; Feature Film; Dialgoue editor and re-recording mixer for feature film written and directed by Alex Cox
• Secret Superhero; Corporate/Industrial; I did color correction on a short film directed by Lisanne Skyler and funded by the Arizona Department of Child Services.
• Borderland; documentary; I did production sound for a segment on the "No More Deaths" trial of three Tucson activitists, as part of the feature-length documnetary Borderland, directed and produced by the filmakers Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis
• Museums of the Night; Documentary; I did production sound for the first interview in a feature-length documenatry produced and directed by Lisanne Skyler about the art and music scene in New York City in the 1980's.
• Into the Beyond; Fiction Film, short; I did production sound recording on a no-budget sci-fi film directed by a local Tucson filmmaker, Carlton Salter.
• Sweet Sunshine; Fiction Film, feature length; I was hired to do sound editing on the independent feature fiction film, Sweet Sunshine, which tells the story of an up-and-coming country music star who must overcome personal tragedy, and the temptations of show business, to realize his dreams.
• A Few Things About Robert Irwin; Artist Biography; Production sound and additional camera for a documentary portrait of the artist Robert Irwin, written and directed by Lisanne Skyler
• Bloomberg News, Vector Rockets; Corporate; Production sound mixer for corporate shoot about Vector, a Tucson startup producing "low cost" rockets to launch mini-satellites
• Dextrose 8; Fiction Film; Production sound mixer for short film directed by Merritt Crocker
• Unititled; Documentary, feature length; Re-recording sound mixer for a documentary "sizzle reel" to garner funding to initiate full production; the subject is an indigenous dance troupe in Phoenix who use traditional dance as a way to reclaim and expand their cultural heritage.
• Safe Haven; Documentary, feature length; Re-recording sound mixer for a documentary about American war resisters - soldiers and citizens - who sought sanctuary in Canada. Directed by Lisa Molomot, the film compares the experiences of Vietnam-era resisters to those opposing the US war in Iraq.
• Soledad; Documentary; Re-recording sound mixer for a documentary about a Central American refugee's effortst to recieve poltical asylum in the United States, directed by Lisa Molomot.
• The Bones; Documentary, feature length; Re-recording sound mixer for a documentary about the international dinosaur fossil trade; I was hired for three days to record observational activity and interviews following two of the film's main characters, dinosaur "hunter" Francois Escuillié and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim.
• A Half-Painted House; Fiction Film, short; Re-recording sound mixer for a short film directed by FTV alum Dominique Villarubia.
• Teaching in Arizona; Documentary; Re-recording sound mixer for documentary about teachers in southern Arizona, directed by Lisa Molomot.
• Brillo Box (3¢ off); documentary; Recorded voice-over on filmmaker Lisanne Skyler's  film, Brillo Box (3¢ off); numerous tiems during 2015
• WSJ VR - Classic Cars; VR; online; Recorded production sound for a VR documentary about a rare automobile (1967 Shelby Cobra GT); part of a series of VR docs by the Wall Street journal 
• WSJ VR - 747; VR; online; Recorded production sound for a VR documentary about the demolition and recycling of a de-commissioned 747 airplane; part of a series of VR docs by the Wall Street journal