Join us on Monday, September 25, 2023, for DIFF INSIDE FILM with Director Norry Niven, part of the DIFF educational screening and talk series for high school students. Moderated by Dallas International Film Festival Artistic Director James Faust, the program includes a screening of the guest filmmaker's work, followed by a Q&A. Admission is complimentary for students, parents and instructors. Reservations are required.

Special thanks to MERCURY ONE FOUNDATION and VIOLET CROWN CINEMA DALLAS, sponsors of tonight's presentation of DIFF INSIDE FILM

From IMDB.com:

NORRY NIVEN (DGA) was born into a family of performers. His grandfather went around the country with a tent and a projector, playing films to small towns that had no theaters. Mom acted in community theater. Dad played pedal steel guitar for Willie Nelson and Bob Wills. Carrying on the family tradition, Norry began his career as a magician at Six Flags during his teenage years, a craft he continues today. After surviving the blowing up a car for his first t.v. commercial he wrote, edited and directed in college, Norry found his love for performance through film, began his path to directing. He went on to direct music videos with 10s of millions of views and commercial work for global brands Gatorade, Ford, Lincoln, McDonald's, HBO, Showtime, Disney, and Visa, while developing and writing feature film and series projects.

Norry's first feature film, "Chasing Shakespeare" (Danny Glover/Graham Greene) (2014), was awarded at SXSW along with more than a dozen other festival wins and nominations around the world. His commercial work has been honored at concurrent ADDYs, AICP Show & Next Awards, CLIO, winning Promax Best in Show. He also won multiple Golds in directing at Promax, won Golds in directing at New York Festivals. Earning six Emmys for his promo work on shows like "Ray Donovan," "Homeland", "The Tudors," "Dexter," "Weeds" and Super Bowl Commercials that included "24:Live Another Day." Norry's enjoyed work with celebrity talents and athletes, Jon Voight, Matt LeBlanc, Don Cheadle, Claire Danes, William H. Macy, Edie Falco, Michael Sheen, Queen Latifah, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Fergie, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, Mariah Carey, Steven Tyler, Simon Cowell, Jennifer Lopez, Mary Louise Parker, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, Peyton Manning, and Cam Newton. His work is on display in the permanent installation of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Known for luminous film, dynamic visual effects, being an "actor's" director and directing celebrity talent, his ability to curate beauty and navigate the intricacies of performance shine through in his work like a time encapsulating projection on a canvas tent.

The subtlety of exploding cars aside, Norry is compelled to film because it reaches places in the imagination that are untouched. If Norry didn't have a camera to tell stories, he would be standing by a campfire telling mystical tales that delight imaginations.

S﻿pecial thanks to MERCURY ONE FOUNDATION and VIOLET CROWN CINEMA DALLAS, sponsors of tonight's presentation of DIFF INSIDE FILM

Special thanks to MERCURY ONE FOUNDATION and VIOLET CROWN CINEMA DALLAS, sponsors of tonight's presentation of DIFF INSIDE FILM