Carmine Grimaldi

Carmine Grimaldi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema & Media Arts at Vanderbilt University, within the College of Arts and Science. He is a filmmaker and historian of media, technology, and science, with a creative and scholarly focus on the intersections of aesthetic experience and everyday life.

Research Interests: His work spans documentary and hybrid cinema, critical media practice, and the historical development of media technologies. He is particularly interested in how media forms like videotape have been imagined as transformative social tools, especially in institutional settings such as education and psychiatry. His research combines historical analysis with creative practice, reflecting a deep engagement with both theory and filmmaking.

Publications & Creative Output: His recent writings and films explore themes of media ontology, institutional critique, and narrative experimentation. The trends across his publications reveal a sustained inquiry into the cultural and psychological impacts of media technologies, often bridging academic scholarship with public-facing criticism.

• Scientific and Creative Awards:
• 25 New Faces of Independent Film (Filmmaker Magazine, 2017)
• Best Short Film Prize, Dokufest
• Fellow, Sensory Ethnography Lab, Harvard
• Fellow, Harvard Film Study Center
• Fellow, Department of the History of Science, Harvard
• Fellow, Center for the Humanities, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Advising and Grants: While no specific students or grants are listed, his role as an assistant professor and his extensive fellowship history suggest active mentorship and research funding engagement. His fellowships at Harvard and UW–Madison indicate a strong record of competitive grant acquisition.

Labs and Research Teams: He has been affiliated with the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard, a renowned interdisciplinary space for experimental media practice, suggesting collaborative and team-based creative research approaches.