Merritt Hill
(209) 857-2098
merritt.pam.hill@gmail.com
Education
University of California, Davis - B.A. Art Studio, Cinema and Digital Media
Awards
2024- Manetti Shrem International Residency Scholarship at the Royal Drawing School
2024- Freemon Gadberry Award in Art, UC Davis
2024- Davis Filmmaking Society Film Fest, Best Animation, Davis, CA
2023– Anim8 Student Film Festival, Merit Award, online screening
2023- Davis Filmmaking Society Film Fest, Best Sound, Davis, CA
2023– Student World Impact Film Festival, Quarter Finalist, online screening
2023– Aggiemation Eggheads Film Fest, Best Sound Design, Davis, CA
2022– DFS Film Fest, Best Picture, Davis, CA
2022– Film Fest at UC Davis, Best Original Soundtrack, Davis, CA
2021– Film Fest at UC Davis, Best Animation, Davis, CA
2021– Film Fest at UC Davis, Student Team Award, Davis, CA
Publications
2024- Suboart Magazine, March Issue
Film Screenings
2024- Davis Filmmaking Society Film Fest, Davis, CA
2023- Anim8 Student Film Festival, After Hours Filmmaking Society, online screening
2023- Davis Filmmaking Society Film Fest, Davis, CA
2023- Student World Impact Film Festival, online screening
2023- Aggiemation Eggheads Film Fest, Davis CA
2022– Extremely Short Film Festival, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
2022– DFS Film Fest, Davis, CA
2022– Film Fest at UC Davis, Davis, CA
2022– MoStopMo: The Live Stop Motion Shorts Festival, Oakland, CA
2022– Short-filmz, online screening
2021– Film Fest at UC Davis, Davis, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2024- Body // Self, Grad/Undergrad Group Show, The Basement Gallery Davis, CA
2023– Me, You, Us, The Basement Gallery, Davis, CA
2022– My Process, The Basement Gallery, Davis, CA
Related Experience
Finding Founders- Audio Editor
December 2022- June 2024
UC Davis Art Studio Print-lab - Lab Monitor
September 2022- June 2024
Aggiemation Eggheads Animation Club, Davis, CA - Co-President, Board Member
Co-President August 2023- June 2024
Vice President July 2022- July 2023
Founding Member, Financial Officer March 2021 - June 2022
Whole Earth Festival, Davis, CA - Cedar Stage Manager
December 2021 - May 2022 (Seasonal)