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Dane Neves and puppet from Poison Apple

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Academy for Creative Media together with the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu will host a Creative Media Masters Series presentation featuring local filmmaker Dane Neves. The masters series is part of UH West Oʻahu’s creative media concentration and aims to increase student understanding of the art and business of content creation. All presentations are free and open to students, faculty and the public.

Neves will discuss his career and creative influences followed by a question and answer session with UH West Oʻahu students.

About Dane Neves

Dane Neves is a filmmaker born and raised in Hawaiʻi where he attended the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Neves developed a unique, quirky style of filmmaking often featuring puppets.

He was the writer, producer, director, editor, music composer and puppeteer of the award-winning short films The Green Tie Affair, Giant Monsters Attack Hawaiʻi! and Poison Apple. Neves’ The Monkeyboy Fever was the winner of the Video On Demand Viewer’s Choice Award at the 2007 Hawaiʻi International Film Festival and the Audience Award at the 2008 Pacific Islands Film Festival. Neves resides in Honolulu and continues to create innovative, highly energetic films.

Event details

The UH West Oʻahu Creative Media Masters Series presentation featuring Neves will be held on Monday, September 14, 12:30–1:30 p.m. in the UH West Oʻahu Library ʻUluʻulu Exhibition Space.

For more information on the series, contact UH West Oʻahu Creative Media Coordinator Sharla Hanaoka at email.

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