Hi! My name is Christopher P. McManus. I'm an artist working with video, animation, puppetry and sculpture. I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Send me an email: hairanddiamonds@gmail.com
2012
Vertical Cinema. December Lab - Cardiff, Wales, UK
Slamdance. Best of the Disposable Film Festival - Park City, UT
2011
The Workhouse Test. The Trans formidable - Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Disposable Film Festival 2011. Castro Theater - San Francisco, CA
Disposable Film Festival 2011 World Tour - Davis, CA; Northeast Festival in Toronto; London; England; Cambridge, UK; Palo Alto, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Fort Lauderdale, FL Film Festival Disposable Film Festival: Hair and Diamonds: A Filmmaker Spotlight. Artists' Television Access - San Francisco, CA
2010
Disposable Film Festival 2010 - San Francisco,
DisposableFilm Festival 2011 World Tour - Pittsburgh; London; Los Angeles; Portland; Beijing; Montreal; Vimeo Film Festival; Lowell, MA; Porto Alegre, Brazil; Skopje, Macedonia.
Vox Populi Gallery. Suburban Warlock - Philadelphia, PA
Naked Frames Animation Festival - Toronto, ON
Exploding Cinema - Utrophia, London
Tate Modern. No Soul for Sale - London, UK
Comedy Dreamz - Philadelphia, PA
Fancy Pants Cinema - Philadelphia, PA
Institute for Contemporary Art. Open Video Call! Exhibit - Philadelphia, PA
2009
Institute for Contemporary Art. Open Video Call! Screening- Philadelphia, PA
Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival - Online
Philadelphia Film Festival and Cinefest - Philadelphia, PA
Fancy Pants Cinema - Philadelphia
Press:
2011
Kinect Hack Drives Echo Park’s Viral Music Video - Wired
THE DISPOSABLE & THE DISCONTINUOUS: BAY AREA FILM CULTURE IN TRANSITION - Twitch
Disposable Film Festival Starts Thursday - SFWeekly
2010
HAIR AND DIAMONDS INTERVIEW - GOOD VS EVIL MAGAZINE